There’s quite a gap between pirating content (even en masse) and hacking prominent entities.

No. Not legally.

Has it been normalized? That's another thing.

Yes, there is legally - even in USA where MPAA & RIAA got widest reach, CFAA is still way more serious law to breach, even at scale

MPAA & RIAA isn't what I was thinking. Check https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/506, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2319

This isn't 1 movie.