Disney CFO Hugh Johnston said most of the media and entertainment company's businesses would stop using Slack as a workplace collaboration tool later this year

Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday,

Disney told employees on Thursday that it will no longer use Slack for internal communication after a hack earlier this year allowed cybercriminals to expose financial materials, computer codes, and o

In an internal memo shared this week, CFO Hugh Johnston says most Disney teams will move away from Slack by the end of this year.

Walt Disney plans to transition away from its use of Slack as a companywide workplace collaboration system, after a hacking entity leaked online more than a terabyte of company data, according to a report in the Status media newsletter.

A hacking group said it gained access to Disney's Slack channels over the summer, which led to leaks. Now, Disney is transitioning away from Slack.

The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year.

The company's Slack server was hacked in July, leading to more than a terabyte of company data being leaked to the public.