Band
members
of
British
pop
band
One
Direction
along
with
singers
Adele
and
Beyonce
Knowles
have
reportedly
had
their
emails
hacked
by
the
same
people
who
targeted
Sony's
film
studios.
Their
private
conversations
have
reportedly
been
stolen
by
the
hackers.
Details
of
the
stars'
contracts
and
demands
are
believed
to
be
among
the
information
stolen
by
the
hackers
-
who
have
been
traced
to
Pyongyang,
North
Korea
by
the
FBI
-
and
it
could
cause
"embarrassment" to
the
singers.
"The
potential
embarrassment
and
turmoil
would
be
as
devastating
as
that
which
has
crippled
Sony's
movie-making
arm
and
effectively
killed
the
general
release
of
'The
Interview',"
media
analyst
Mike
Raia
told
dailystar.co.uk
Sunday.
There
is
also
a
worry
about
the
early
release
of
music
from
some
of
the
biggest
artists
at
Sony
Music
including
David
Bowie,
67,
Rita
Ora,
24
and
Beyoncé,
33.
"Music
files
intended
for
release
at
a
later
date
could
be
released
on
the
net
where
fans
would
download
them
for
free.
"We're
talking
about
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
lost
revenue.
It
could
end
up
as
a
financial
disaster
so
enormous
that
the
company,
at
least
in
its
present
form,
might
not
even
survive,"
Raia
added.
Meanwhile,
a
senior
executive
at
Sony
Music
claimed
that
bosses
at
the
company
are
"in
complete
panic" over
the
hacking.
The
executive
said:
"We
don't
even
know
the
extent
of
exactly
what
they
have.
We
know
it's
a
lot.
There
are
skeletons
in
everyone's
cupboard,
only
nobody
ever
expects
a
bunch
of
robbers
to
smash
down
the
door
and
steal
everything
inside."