( CNN ) -- Does the computer breach at Target have the makings of a movie ? Throw in a shotgun-toting security analyst , Russian hackers , drugs and a SWAT team and Hollywood appears to think so . Sony has bought the rights to a New York Times article about Brian Krebs , the security blogger who was the first to expose December 's security breach at Target , according to the Hollywood Reporter . The article , `` Reporting From the Web 's Underbelly , '' was written by Nicole Perlroth and details how Krebs ' blog about cybercrime has prompted criminals to hack him repeatedly , send heroin and excrement to his home and falsely accuse him of murder . Hence , the 12-gauge shotgun he keeps by his side while writing . `` A lot of what Brian does would scare the hell out of traditional newsroom editors , '' Russ Walker , Krebs 's former editor at The Washington Post , said in the Times article . `` I do n't think he crossed the lines journalistically , but he was living a different type of experience . '' The movie is expected to be a cyberthriller written by Richard Wenk , whose credits include `` 16 Blocks , '' `` The Mechanic '' and `` The Expendables 2 . '' Krebs himself seems amused by the notion that his life and unglamorous work may soon be dramatized by Hollywood . `` Judging from accounts of the screenwriter 's other movies , if this flick actually gets made someone vaguely resembling me probably will be kicking some badguy butt on the Silver Screen , '' he wrote Friday in a post on his security blog . `` I still have yet to work out the details with Sony , but beyond remuneration ( and perhaps a fleeting Hitchcock-style cameo ) I would be delighted if I could influence the selection of the leading man , '' he added . `` In the past week , I 've been told I look like both Jim Carrey and Guy Pierce , but I 'm not so sure . But if I had to pick one of my favorite actors , I 'd love to see Edward Norton in the role . '' As many as 40 million customers had their personal information compromised in the Target breach . Krebs found out about it through sources in the hacker underworld and was the first to contact Target about it .
Security blogger 's story from Target hack could become a movie . Sony has secured rights to New York Times article on Brian Krebs . Krebs has been targeted by criminals , writes with a shotgun at his side .