Hands down, the Sony extortion hack and security breach was 2014’s Cyberattack of the Year. WIRED.com calls the massive attack the first high-profile extortion breach that involved threats of data leaks. The attack paralyzed Sony Pictures by locking employees out of company computers for days, involved death threats and concerns about widespread attacks on movie theaters, resulted in the pirated release of an upcoming movie, and shut down the planned release of the studio’s highly touted film, The Interview.