A Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse float passes by during the daily Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom Park in Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.
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The Walt Disney Company will no longer use Slack for internal company communications months after a hack involving more than a terabyte of company data was leaked to the public.
The company has already begun transitioning to new internal tools that “work better across the business,” but formally notified employees and members Thursday that most of its business units will transition from using Slack by the end of Disney’s next fiscal quarter, according to Disney. a memo from Disney Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston obtained by CNBC.
Disney told investors in August that the summer data hack, which included a range of financial data, computer codes and information about unreleased projects, was not expected to have a material impact on the company’s operations or financial performance.
Representatives from Disney and Salesforce, owner of Slack, did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
“Our security is tight,” said Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, during an interview with Bloomberg at the company’s annual Dreamforce conference this week.
“Companies should also take appropriate measures to prevent phishing attacks and to stop the social engineering work of their employees,” he added. “So, we can do our part, but our customers also have to do their part.”
Benioff noted that Disney continues to use Salesforce products in other aspects of its business including its Disney Store, Disney Guides, sales and service operations and its call centers.