Sony Pictures hack gets uglier; North Korea won’t deny responsibility

Found on Ars Technica on Wednesday, 03 December 2014
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The attackers also posted archive files online containing at least 25 gigabytes of data from Sony’s network.

Sites hosting the data that were listed in the original Pastebin page were apparently subjected to a denial of service attack by someone attempting to stop the spread of the data. However, the files have now been shared through torrents.

The files include records of 401K contributions and wire transfers, payroll audits, health insurance claims and appeals—including names of employees who filed appeals on coverage decisions by Sony Pictures’ health insurer—and travel reimbursement claims.

Well maybe it wasn't a PR stunt after all.