Disney drops Slack after major data breach leaks 1TB of sensitive company information.

Disney is indeed transitioning away from using Slack as its companywide collaboration tool following a significant data breach. The hacking group NullBulge reportedly accessed over a terabyte of data, including 44 million messages from Disney’s Slack channels. This data leak included sensitive communications and details about unreleased projects.

Disney has already started moving to new collaboration tools, as confirmed by an internal memo.

🚨 DISNEY HACKED! DROPS SLACK AFTER MASSIVE DATA LEAK

Disney will stop using Slack companywide after a hacking group exposed over a terabyte of company data, including unreleased projects and sensitive communications.

The hack involved 44 million messages from Disney's Slack… pic.twitter.com/wGuq0nnesh

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 19, 2024

Sources:

https://kelo.com/2024/09/19/disney-to-stop-using-salesforce-owned-slack-after-hack-exposed-company-data-wsj-reports/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/disney-is-ditching-slack-after-hackers-gained-access-and-some-employees-arent-happy-read-the-cfos-memo/ar-AA1qRpwC

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/disney-to-stop-using-salesforce-owned-slack-after-hack-exposed-company-data-report-says

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/19/disney-to-ditch-slack-after-july-data-breach-.html