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Michael Jackson's entire back catalogue stolen by hackers


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 01:24:04 -0600 (CST)

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4172075/Michael-Jacksons-back-catalogue-stolen-by-hackers.html

The Sun
05th March 2012

Sony music suffered its second major security breach in a year, with thieves targeting songs and unreleased material by the superstar singer.

It's alleged they downloaded more than 50,000 music files, worth £160million, in the biggest ever cyber attack on a music company.

The news comes just a year after Sony paid £250million for the seven-year rights to the songs following Jacko's death.

The contract with Jackson's estate also allowed them to release 10 new albums, including material from studio sessions produced during the making of some of the star's biggest albums.

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