The Sony Hack | From Revisionist History

On the morning of November 24, 2014—just a few days before Thanksgiving—Sony Pictures Entertainment was hacked. It was one of the most damaging business hacks in U.S. history. Some estimates put the cost to Sony at over a hundred million dollars. And when former Sony head Michael Lynton looked at what happened, he came to an uncomfortable conclusion: that it may have been all his fault.In this episode from Revisionist History, Michael tells host Malcolm Gladwell about the time thatgreenlighting a film led to an international incident. Find Revisionist History wherever you get your podcasts.Link: https://lnk.to/WWWRevisionistHistory Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.