Template:Did you know nominations/Sony Pictures Entertainment hack

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 23:39, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

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Sony Pictures Entertainment hack

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Sony Pictures Plaza in Culver City, California

• ... that Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) cancelled the theatrical release of the film The Interview due to threatening messages by hackers?

• ALT1:... that hackers sent threatening messages to whoever would watch the film The Interview, prompting Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) to cancel its theatrical release?
• ALT2:... that hackers obtained previously unreleased films by Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) and unofficially released them in 2014?
• ALT3:... that the North Korean military's secret cyberwarfare agency named Bureau 121 is accused of doing cyber breach on Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured)? (for both articles)
• ALT4:... that hackers sent threatening messages to whoever would watch the film The Interview, prompting Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) to limit its theatrical release to 300+ theatres on Christmas Day?
• ALT5:... that hackers sent threatening messages to whoever would watch the film The Interview, prompting Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) to revise its release to online services, like YouTube and Google Play, and 300+ theatres on Christmas Day?
• ALT6:... that the FBI has accused the North Korean government of obtaining confidential information and films from Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) online, despite doubts by non-governmental personalities?
• ALT7:... that hackers stole confidential information from Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured), including e-mail letters and 47,000 Social Security numbers, according to C-SPAN?
• ALT8:... that, after accusing North Korea of cyberattacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured), the FBI received an e-mail from the hacking group, linking to a YouTube video entitled "you are an idiot!"?
• ALT9:... that hackers' threatening message to whoever would watch a 2014 film The Interview prompted Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured) to release it online and in 300+ theatres?
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Praise
• Comment: Concurrently an ITN candidate; however, news developments has not developed yet. If it is featured on Main Page's ITN, and there are no replies here, I'll request speedy deletion on this nomination. The ITN nomination has been withdrawn.Would it be wonderful to reserve this nomination for Christmas? (I didn't realize the nominated article doesn't say Christmas.)
• More comment: I have nominated Bureau 121, which was created on 18 December. We'll see how it goes.

Created by Everymorning (talk), Masem (talk). Nominated by George Ho (talk) at 23:33, 17 December 2014 (UTC).

• The information keeps changing, making original hook and ALT1 less desirable. --George Ho (talk) 22:06, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• 17px Doing... Jim Carter 16:54, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

• 16px Full review still needed. (Previous reviewer said it would be done by next day, and hasn't edited in the two days since that self-imposed deadline was missed.) BlueMoonset (talk) 20:04, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

• 16px Everymorning, Masem, George Ho Both surving ALT - ALT4 and ALT5 - are too long. Please add new hooks so that the review can be completed. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:45, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

• There are ALT2 and more ALTs that I added. George Ho (talk) 07:26, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
• striking all long (ineligible) hooks. 18302 characters. Article created by Everymorning on December 15, 2014. Earwig's Copyvio Detector about 20 links with > 40% copyvio, checked manually first 10 are false alerts (quotations are used in the article) or wikimedia mirrors.

ALT2: "unreleased films". Where is this fact explicitly stated? Annie, Mr. Turner, Still Alice and To Write Love on Her ... are all released films. ALT7: In 27 minute interview, can you tell at what minute is 47,000 mentioned? --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 11:42, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

Redtigerxyz ^Talk 11:42, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

• I added "previously" in ALT2; I added ALT9. --George Ho (talk) 20:50, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

I am still unsure where ALT2 is mentioned in the article. I am unable to verify the part "hackers' threatening message to whoever would watch a 2014 film" of ALT9. Also "300+ theatres" is different "approximately 300" (more or less 300), please make it consistent in hook and article. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 06:05, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

It was released in more than 300; see Box Office Mojo. --George Ho (talk) 06:14, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

I was asked on my talk page to help come up with a hook. How about ALT10: "... that although the FBI has blamed North Korea for the hacking of private information belonging to Sony Pictures Entertainment, some cybersecurity experts remain skeptical about whether North Korea was responsible?" Everymorning talk 13:46, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

• Everymorning, I'm striking ALT10, as it is 212 characters. The absolute maximum is 200, but hooks should really be shorter than that. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:29, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

BlueMoonset and Redtigerxyz, here are more ALTs:

• ALT11:... that e-mail letters about Angelina Jolie and mentioning films set in pre-civil rights era to President Obama are among leaked confidential data belonging to Sony Pictures Entertainment (building pictured)?
• ALT12:... that Sony Pictures employee Amy Pascal and film producer Scott Rudin apologized for e-mails suggesting references of films set before the civil rights era to President Obama, which were leaked by hackers?

I have trouble writing a shorter hook, so I searched for anything else hook-y instead. George Ho (talk) 05:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

"pre-civil rights era films" denote that these films were made in "pre-civil rights era", which is inaccurate. They are about or set in the "pre-civil rights era".Redtigerxyz ^Talk 19:11, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

I fixed that. George Ho (talk) 23:08, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

16px Striking ALT12. The golden 200 char rule. ALT11 is passed. Modified hook slightly. Image copyright is ok, but personally I don't think it will look good as DYK image. Redtigerxyz ^Talk 05:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

• 16px Pulled from prep by Maile per discussion at WT:DYK; ALT11 deemed too confusing. (I agree.) Suggesting a new ALT hook based on ALT7 that's only 172 characters (152 without "(building pictured)") and covered by the inline source:

• ALT13: ... that after hackers stole confidential information from Sony Pictures Entertainment, former employees sued the company for failing to protect their data? BlueMoonset (talk) 15:50, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

16px ALT13 seems okay. Cited to this and this respectively. Good to go on Redtigerxyz's review. Fuebaey (talk) 11:24, 5 February 2015 (UTC)