A news report claims Sony Pictures Entertainment is attempting to “hack back” to disrupt distribution of stolen Sony files. Security experts question the accuracy of the report. The report says the company is using hundreds of computers in Asia to execute a “denial-of-service attack” on sites where stolen files are being distributed. “Screwing with torrents is as old as torrents, and even if it weren’t, it isn’t hitting the attackers,” says Jack Daniel, a strategist at vulnerability detection vendor Tenable Network Security.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/experts-question-sony-hack-back-story-a-7669