SONY HOLLYWOOD GETS HACKED BY #GOP GUARDIAN OF PEACE–CRIPPLING ITS COMPUTER NETWORK AND PHONE SYSTEM THROWING SONY PICTURES BACK TO THE AGE OF CHALK BOARD AND PAPER ERA

The Guardians of Peace group, which says it is responsible for Monday's attack, releases list of files it says it has found

The situation at Sony Pictures Entertainment is more dire than the studio has allowed to be known, as the fifth day of hackers taking down the studio's computer system continues though a threat to release private information has not materialized, TheWrap has learned.

The studio has taken as much of its functions offline as possible, and managed to get payroll out as well as sustain DVD sales for titles like “Spider-Man” on the all-important Black Friday. One insider said company email is expected to be back on Monday.

But as of Friday the studio's email, phone system and computers remained paralyzed, and in some cases staffers were using whiteboards to get things done. The studio's Twitter accounts have also been hacked, according to two individuals with knowledge of the situation.

And while the studio has set up a parallel system offline, there is apparently no solution that has been found to undo the attack.

According to one insider who spoke to TheWrap: “Every PC in the company is useless and all of the content files have either been stolen or destroyed or locked away.”

The attack by the self-designated “Guardians of Peace” – or #GOP – has been brutally personal. Some PC computer screens at Sony show a shocking image of the heads of studio CEO Michael Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal on a platter with scales of justice, for those who are able to turn on the computers at all, according to the insider.

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