NEW YORK ¨C If there¡¯s one company that¡¯s gotten a bit of good press from the Sony Corp. hacking scandal, it¡¯s BlackBerry Ltd.

The beleaguered entertainment company dug up old BlackBerrys to use after Sony¡¯s computers and landlines went down and company email was unusable after a cyberattack that began in November, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The emergence of the old devices as a haven for Sony executives has served as a free advertisement of sorts and bolstered BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer John Chen¡¯s focus on security to win government and business customers. The fact that Sony had to unearth devices long relegated to storage also highlighted that BlackBerry¡¯s share of the global smartphone market has fallen to less than 1 percent as iPhones and Android devices have gained ground.

¡°It¡¯s proven that BlackBerry devices and the server are a lot more secure than any other solutions out there commercially available,¡± Chen said in a CNBC interview Dec. 19.

He declined comment on whether Sony would have been protected against the hackers if it had been using BlackBerry¡¯s services because he didn¡¯t know the specifics of the attacks. Lisette Kwong, a spokeswoman for BlackBerry, declined comment on whether BlackBerry is working with Sony to bolster security.

Data on a BlackBerry are encrypted and secured on the device, and the Waterloo, Ontario-based company operates a network of servers on behalf of its clients.

The cyberattack that crippled the computers at Sony¡¯s entertainment division stemmed from the studio¡¯s film ¡°The Interview¡± ¡ª a farcical comedy about a U.S. TV crew that is recruited to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

While it¡¯s not completely clear who carried out the attacks or how they gained entry to Sony¡¯s confidential documents and correspondence, the FBI has linked the hacking group to North Korea.

Amid the attack, Sony¡¯s use of BlackBerrys served as yet another reminder that the company has been down but not out. The focus on preventing leaks and hacks has helped BlackBerry maintain a devoted following among heads of state, such as President Barack Obama, and celebrities like Kim Kardashian.