Hackers reveal star’s salaries

Hackers who took over Sony Pictures computers released the budget for The Interview, the Seth Rogen comedy about North Korea, adding to a breach that exposed pay at Deloitte Touche and studio head Michael Lynton’s credit-card number.

The latest documents, including Rogen’s $8.4m-plus compensation (€10.6m), were posted on the file-sharing site Pastebin after a purported hacker said more stolen data would be coming. Documents on executive pay, Social Security numbers and scripts for not-yet-aired TV shows have also been revealed.

The disclosure, including co-star James Franco’s $6.5m salary, highlights the scope of the breach at the Culver City, California-based studio owned by Sony. The hackers, linked by Sony investigators to a group associated with a North Korean regime unhappy with the coming Rogen film, penetrated Sony’s systems, shut down its networks and put the studio’s films online for free. Documents from The Interview exposed details on deals with top actors.

A Sony spokeswoman declined to comment, as did Lynton, who is chief executive officer of Sony Entertainment.

The films that landed on file-sharing sites included Fury, a Brad Pitt war picture released in October, and Annie, which opens in cinemas on December 19. The FBI has said it’s investigating the matter, while Sony has used cease-and-desist letters to demand the movies be taken down.

Hackers also obtained 2005 pay information on more than 31,000 employees of Deloitte Touche, according to Fusion.net, which is based in Doral, Florida.