With systems down, Sony employees turn to iPhones and iPads to get work done

With Sony still struggling to recover from having its entire computer system hacked, our sister site TechCrunch recently spoke to a Sony employee about the current state of affairs within the company.

Still today, many of Sony's affected internal computing systems are not yet operational. As a result, employees at Sony are reportedly relying on a mix of both new and old technologies to get work done. As for the new technologies, the employee TechCrunch spoke to said a lot of work is being done via Apple products.

"We're mostly a fully-functioning office. We're going about or daily business. We just got our voicemail back. Everyone is a little calmer now after the initial shock. A couple of people had their computers removed but people using Macs were fine," she said. She said most work is done on iPads and iPhones. An emergency email system is in place but it does not allow attachments.

"There are certain departments that have printers and computers and some that only have one or two computers for the entire office," she said. "In some ways we're living in an office from ten years ago."

She was quiet a moment. She had to go. After all, she was talking to me on her only office machine, her personal iPhone. And she had work to do.

Sony announced yesterday that it decided to scrap the release of the film "The Interview", capping off what has been nothing short of a nightmare for the company. Without question, the damage to Sony is immense. In addition to embarrassment and severe blows to the company's reputation, the financial damage may reach upwards of $200 million.