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Sony released an official statement on Jan. 23 saying that it will have to extend the posting of its third-quarter earnings report due to the reason that the company has yet to fully repair its IT infrastructure after the massive cyber-attack on its system.
Sony has asked the Japanese Financial Services Agency for a month-and-a-half extension to file their third fiscal quarter report which was supposed to be due on Feb. 15. The new deadline was set on March 31.
On the deadline extension application filed by Sony, it says that the cyber-attack disrupted its entire online services and caused "serious disruption of SPE's network system", the documents also added that Sony experience hardware damage which made the company shut down its entire network to stop the damage from spreading to its other divisions, according to Venture Beat.
Sony also added that its intranet system remains inoperable rendering its accountants unable to access the software needed to produce and finalize its financial report. Sony's message also added that the extent of the damage was "light."
Sony's current computer system problem stems from the massive cyber-attack executed by a hacker group named "Guardians of Peace" in order to suppress the release of the movie "The Interview," a satirical movie about an assassination plot to kill North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.
The cyber-attack leaked massive internal Sony information including private email, personal employee info, usernames and passwords, unreleased movie scripts and feature films. Sony said that around 1 terabyte of information was stolen. On the other hand, the hacker group claimed they have more than 100 terabyte of hacked data from Sony, according to Business Insider.
However many tech analysts questioned Sony's lack of response in order to restore its system into perfect working condition. The attack ruined its computer system almost two month ago but the company is still struggling to put everything back together.
