Sony has slammed WikiLeaks for publishing thousands of hacked emails and documents stemming from a massive cyber attack on the studio last year.
The entertainment giant said the 2014 attack was a "malicious criminal act" and accused the whistleblower site, founded by Australian Julian Assange, of assisting the cybercriminals by disseminating the material.
"We strongly condemn the indexing of stolen employee and other private and privileged information on WikiLeaks," a Sony spokesperson said in a statement.
"The attackers used the dissemination of stolen information to try to harm (Sony Pictures Entertainment) and its employees, and now WikiLeaks regrettably is assisting them in that effort."
In December more than 30,000 documents and 170,000 emails belonging to the motion picture group were leaked in one of the largest digital breaches against an American company.
The Sony materials included studio financial records, employment files and salacious gossip by Hollywood executives about President Barack Obama and some of the industry's big stars and upcoming films.
Co-chairman Amy Pascal stepped down in the wake of the scandal, which centred on the controversial North Korea satire The Interview.
WikiLeaks, a website known for publishing classified US government information, said it believed the documents belonged in the public domain.
"This archive shows the inner workings of an influential multinational corporation," Assange said on Thursday.
"It is newsworthy and at the centre of a geo-political conflict. It belongs in the public domain. WikiLeaks will ensure it stays there."
The Hollywood studio vehemently disagreed with that argument, and said it "will continue to fight for the safety, security, and privacy of our company."
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