FBI Investigating Cyberattack on Sundance Film Festival

FBI Investigating Cyberattack on Sundance Film Festival

by Jerome Hudson 23 Jan 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/01/23/fbi-investigating-cyber-attack-sundance-film-festival/

A cyber attack on the Sundance Film Festival that forced the closure of the festival’s box office on Saturday is now being reviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a report.

“The FBI is reviewing the case,” a spokesperson for the Sundance Film Festival told Deadline. “At this point, we do not have any reason to believe the cyberattack was targeted towards a specific film. No artist or customer information was compromised.”

Sundance organizers took to Twitter Saturday morning to announce that the festival had been hacked: “We have been subject to a cyberattack that has shut down our box office. Our artist’s voices will be heard and the show will go on.”

Less than an hour later, ticket purchasing systems were back online.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the festival’s online infrastructure was also subject to repeated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

The week-long event in Park City, Utah — founded by actor Robert Redford — kicked off on January 19 with the world premiere of Al Gore’s global warming-themed sequel An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.

The hack came just hours after talk show host Chelsea Handler led festival attendees and locals in the Women’s March on Main, a sister event of the Women’s March on Washington, held to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump.

“Sundance has always been a platform for change, not only for filmmakers and filmmaking but also for big ideas for the future,” Handler said of her involvement in the march. “If there’s anything I learned in the last year, it’s that we need to be louder and stronger than ever about what we believe in, so I joined some incredible women from around the country to bring our voices together in the streets of Park City.”

While the march took place in Park City, it was not sponsored by the festival. Earlier this week, Sundance founder Robert Redford said the festival tries to “actively stay away from politics.”

Sundance runs until January 29

Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.

Note: Robert Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Sundance Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the People for the American Way, the Climate Reality Project, the Human Rights Watch, and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Human Rights Watch, the American Constitution Society, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Lyn Davis Lear is a trustee at the Sundance Institute, a director at the Lear Family Foundation, and married to Norman Lear.

Lear Family Foundation was a donor for the Movement Resource Group, and a funder for the People for the American Way.

Movement Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy Movement.

Occupy Wall Street was the initial protest for Occupy Movement.

Dolores Huerta is a director at the People for the American Way, and a director at the Feminist Majority Foundation.

Julian Bond was a director at the People for the American Way, and a co-founder for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

John R. Lewis and was the chairman for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma.

Al Sharpton is a member of the Phi Beta Sigma, and the president & founder for the National Action Network.

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Norman Lear is married to Lyn Davis Lear, the president of the Lear Family Foundation, a director at the People for the American Way, and was a donor for The Climate Project.

The Climate Project was a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and was a donor for The Climate Project.

Cindy Harrell-Horn is a director at the Climate Reality Project, and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.

Patricia E. Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute, and was a director at the Human Rights Watch.

Syrian Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human Rights Watch.

Bashar al-Assad is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group, the president of Syria, and permitted the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) to rise in Syria.

John J. Studzinski is a director at the Human Rights Watch, and was a co-head of investment banking for HSBC Holdings plc.

James B. Comey was a director at HSBC Holdings plc, and is the director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Gara LaMarche was an associate director for the Human Rights Watch, and a VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Constitution Society, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, the Sundance Institute, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the People for the American Way, the Climate Reality Project, and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

Sundance Institute is the sponsor for the Sundance Film Festival.

Robert Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance Institute, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Human Rights Watch, and the American Constitution Society,

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, and a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Eric H. Holder Jr. is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, an attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, a board member for the American Constitution Society, and an intern for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Karen S. Evans was a director of information resources for the U.S. Department of Justice, and is a director at the Council on CyberSecurity.

Jane H. Lute is the president & CEO for the Council on CyberSecurity, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

John J. Studzinski is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a director at the Human Rights Watch, and was a co-head of investment banking for HSBC Holdings plc.

James B. Comey was a director at HSBC Holdings plc, and is the director for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).