The massive Sony hack that has spurred an FBI investigation and nearly canceled the rollout of "The Interview" is hitting home with Boston actors who this week received a letter from Sony stating they may be vulnerable to identity theft.
"When I received the letter, I was like, 'I cannot believe this,' " said Jan Waldman, who was an extra in "The Equalizer," a movie shot in Boston, "I mean, I am such a small player in a huge thing, and if my information is compromised, it's an incredible hassle,'"
The 54-year-old from Swampscott has been a full-time actress for the past two years.
Chris Weigel was on the same set for two days working as an extra and said when he originally heard about the Sony hack he thought it was awful that someone had hacked into a major corporation and leaked information about executives. "There was never even a thought that it was affecting me," he said.
"I never thought it would touch me," echoed Andrea Petrino, 43, of South Boston, who in the past 15 years has been in nine Sony-produced films — a welcome source of extra income to her real estate salary.
According to the letter, the stolen information may include their full names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, passport information and other information given to Sony for payroll and tax purposes.
"I don't know too much about what you really need to steal your identity or how about going to do that, but I am pretty sure that's like the basic information right there," said Weigel, a teacher who lives in Watertown and acts on the side.
Sony suffered its huge hack on Nov. 24, and since then a tidal wave of information has leaked — including salaries of top executives, embarrassing email exchanges and full-length feature films not yet released in theaters. A threat by the hackers to attack theaters on Christmas Day spurred Sony to briefly cancel the rollout of "The Interview," a comedy about an assassination attempt on the leader of North Korea.
A group calling itself Guardians of Peace has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack. The U.S. has blamed North Korea.
The letter reveals the ripple effect of the hack could be much larger than the small group of well-paid Sony executives and actors.
Sony — which last month offered identity theft protection to directors and writers — now has offered to pay for one year of ID protection for the actors through a company called AllClear ID.
But Weigel said the one-year protection is not enough. Once personal information is out there it can be accessed at any point — and Social Security numbers don't change after a year, he noted.
"I'm kind of hoping that Sony steps in and maybe realizes that this isn't enough," he said.
Sony did not respond to requests for comment yesterday.
The studio is now releasing "The Interview" on cable, satellite and telecom services, as well as PlayStation. Showings of the movie will also expand to 580 theaters.
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