Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal quits under shadow of massive data breach

Danny Palmer
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Pascal steps down from role following November's devastating attack by hackers

Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal has quit her position in the aftermath of a huge cyber attack that saw private emails, social security numbers and internal documents exposed and whole networks be...

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