Fame in the hacking community 
is a rare and fleeting thing. Kevin Mitnick found it – and served time for it. And more recently, the decentralized group “Anonymous” has been the reigning top dog.
But in the last month, a new contender for the throne has made a big push – and a lot of entertainment companies have been casualties of this war.
Sony Pictures has confirmed that 
it was the victim of a large scale hacking operation this week and says it has called in law enforcement officials to help find the people responsible.
“The cybercrime wave that has affected Sony companies and a number of government agencies, businesses and individuals in recent months has hit Sony Pictures as well,” said Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and co-chairman Amy Pascal in a joint statement. “[Thursday] afternoon a group of criminal hackers known as ‘LulzSec’ claimed to have breached some of our websites. We have confirmed that a breach has occurred and have taken action to protect against further intrusion. We also retained a respected team of experts to conduct the forensic analysis of the attack, which is ongoing.”
Just days after threatening to undertake an 
operation that it called “the beginning of the end for Sony,” a hacker group claims to have compromised the personal information of over 1 million users of SonyPictures.com.
The group, which calls itself LulzSec, is the same one that took over PBS Websites over the Memorial Day weekend, posting false news stories that rapper Tupac Shakur was still alive and living in New Zealand.
Hackers say they have once again penetrated Sony’s Website , and this time they’re releasing the information they found.
The hacker group LulzSec, which claimed responsibility for the takeover of PBS’s servers over Memorial Day, released a file Tuesday afternoon online that it says contains personal information for over 1 million users of SonyPictures.com.
Chris Morris: Journalist 