Sony CyberSecurity Hack
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:34 am
I was thinking the other day...Sony was hacked in 2014 by "Guardians of the Peace", and some film footage and controversial emails were made public. Supposedly, the hacks originated from North Korea in response to the the impending release of the film, "The Interview". I also believe that CBS/Sony was where Ozzy signed once he got out of the Jet Record's Deal, and know some of his later releases were on the Sony/Epic label.
Next logical thought is to Kevin Churko's comments about working on the "Ozzy Live" album, about how he worked on "a number of other shows", and that Sony "had a lot more in the vault" for future releases. Tommy Aldridge has also said that he has "boxes of soundboard (cassette) tapes" from all of the shows he did with Randy (which I hope he has electronically digitized).
Putting the two together - and not that I'm encouraging any criminal activity whatsoever, but it's too bad the Guardians of the Peace were only interested in embarrassing emails and material related to that one movie. I can imagine there was potentially a treasure trove of digital files of Ozzy / Randy stuff just sitting there, waiting for the taking.
Imagine most shows...almost any date you want from the Blizzard of Ozz tour, having a soundboard quality digital file available for it? And then some from the Diary tour, and potentially rehearsals and other outtakes? What a treat that would be!
Next logical thought is to Kevin Churko's comments about working on the "Ozzy Live" album, about how he worked on "a number of other shows", and that Sony "had a lot more in the vault" for future releases. Tommy Aldridge has also said that he has "boxes of soundboard (cassette) tapes" from all of the shows he did with Randy (which I hope he has electronically digitized).
Putting the two together - and not that I'm encouraging any criminal activity whatsoever, but it's too bad the Guardians of the Peace were only interested in embarrassing emails and material related to that one movie. I can imagine there was potentially a treasure trove of digital files of Ozzy / Randy stuff just sitting there, waiting for the taking.
Imagine most shows...almost any date you want from the Blizzard of Ozz tour, having a soundboard quality digital file available for it? And then some from the Diary tour, and potentially rehearsals and other outtakes? What a treat that would be!