Sony Drops "The Interview" after North Korean hack, threats

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I'd like to see this escalate to the point where North Korea gets liberated by a military operation.
I still have to wonder whether North Korea is really behind this (why would they give a shit? and do they really have the financial and technical means to carry an attack and threats like these?)
However I really hope North Korean people can be freed from this horrible and ridiculous dictature.

You don't have to worry about signing up for Korean War part 2: Electric Boogaloo, because China will never allow that on its doorstep.
 

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As retaliation, North Korea paid for a hack of Sony Pictures' database, leaking sensitive information such as private emails, employee's personal information, etc. Thing have only escalated from there when the hackers threatened to bomb theaters airing the film.

Let's see...what is the most likely truth here...

1) the hackers have already been caught, they confessed and there is undeniable proof that the North Korean government actually cares about sabotaging yet another Hollywood blockbuster (thus warranting this sort of international slandering)

or

2) unable to avoid the hack and not wanting to lose face, the US federal government comes up with this 'wag the dog'-like theory that puts the blame on some already-not-popular country.


I'll go with the latter, thank you very much. And allow me to laugh at the people who blindly believe that guys(/girls?) who know how to hack into a movie studio automatically want to bomb places (let along know how to create those things). I like video games, but I'm not retarded enough to believe it's the truth.
 

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I think Sony should do the nuclear option and torrent it themselves. Who knows what exactly went on behind closed doors but I wouldn't doubt if the DHS and DoD told Sony to pull it. So now KJU portrayals are more dangerous than Muhammad's!
 

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On one side, they chose for safety. On the other side, you shouldn't give in to terrorism and give them what they want. The hackers 100% reached their goal.
 

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U.S. officials have stated that the hacking of Sony was state-sponsored by North Korea. It's everyone on the news (print and otherwise). Of course, you could go the tin foil hat route and say that the U.S. is just saying that so they "save face" (really? Like Sony being hacked has anything to do with the U.S.).

Come on. This is North Korea we're talking about. The country that claimed they landed a man on the Sun. The Sun. Obviously they're at that hipster stage in their life where they don't care what other people think and start doing wacky things. I could definitely see them behind this.
 
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Why would you get huffy about a movie nobody in their country is ever going to see? Seriously, with the media censoring in their country, I highly doubt a single person there right now knows about this movie.
Or is just because Kim knows about it and that's just too much for him to deal with?
 

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U.S. officials have stated that the hacking of Sony was state-sponsored by North Korea. It's everyone on the news (print and otherwise). Of course, you could go the tin foil hat route and say that the U.S. is just saying that so they "save face" (really? Like Sony being hacked has anything to do with the U.S.).
Okay, I should have made that more clear: that'll be sony trying to save face. Last time their network was hacked they were the laughing stock of the town for months. Now the same thing happens, but it's apparently okay because North Korea.

And you tell me: what DOES sony being hacked have anything to do with the US? Aside from the US officials making that claim without proof, obviously.


I could definitely see them behind this.

Erm...you DID just say they claimed to have put a man on the sun, right?
 

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Okay, I should have made that more clear: that'll be sony trying to save face. Last time their network was hacked they were the laughing stock of the town for months. Now the same thing happens, but it's apparently okay because North Korea.

And you tell me: what DOES sony being hacked have anything to do with the US? Aside from the US officials making that claim without proof, obviously.




Erm...you DID just say they claimed to have put a man on the sun, right?
If it is them trying to save face, you're suggesting Sony made the government lie about the source of hacking/death threats so they could not look as bad. That is just ridiculous.

And yes, I did. North Korea is notorious for doing things that seem outright silly/stupid/horrible, all in the name of their glorious leader. Threatening Sony with releasing confidential information and moviegoers with bombings are both ways to show the North Korean populace that Kim Jong Un is as glorious and powerful a leader as he claims to be. Hacking the producers of a movie that makes fun of him seems, to me, just as likely as them claiming they put a man on the Sun. They're both ridiculous but I could see it happen.
 

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"I'm with the terrorists on this one" is, generally, not something you want to admit. You think moviegoers should be killed en masse because they have different tastes in movies than you do?

I wasn't being all too serious, but that would mean more resources and air for the rest of us so... hmm.
 

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some conclusions of mine here:

1- It is a bit obvious that North Korean government do not have tech, tools, personnel or any means to do an attack of this size, and even that they did have those means, they should attack military and government related files, not entertainment stuff.

2- Sony has a HUGE CREEPY SECRET on the hacker's hands, the worst do not come to public yet, otherwise they could release the movie and take the consequences of the regular soft-core employee porn and artist gossips...

3- NK is a bloody dictatorial government and we on West, USA, Europe are the land of freedom, so fucking superior, that's why snowden and assange made important democratic moves and are free right? Ok, joke aside, what I'm telling here is that Government are shitty and unfair everywhere, so USA will blame a enemy? Ok, let they do it, but it is better not to believe on FBI and CIA conclusions about this case (at least the public conclusions about this)

4- The world is getting boring, comedians cant talk about nothing nowadays... Everything put a sector of society against it, people are getting so easily offended. I'm against race-related jokes, but everything else is ok for me. They did jokes against the most poor country in the world and even that was offensive and lead to sad consequences

5- Sony asking for the press to not publish leaks was the best ever joke, better than the movie itself
 

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Let's see...what is the most likely truth here...

1) the hackers have already been caught, they confessed and there is undeniable proof that the North Korean government actually cares about sabotaging yet another Hollywood blockbuster (thus warranting this sort of international slandering)

or

2) unable to avoid the hack and not wanting to lose face, the US federal government comes up with this 'wag the dog'-like theory that puts the blame on some already-not-popular country.


I'll go with the latter, thank you very much. And allow me to laugh at the people who blindly believe that guys(/girls?) who know how to hack into a movie studio automatically want to bomb places (let along know how to create those things). I like video games, but I'm not retarded enough to believe it's the truth.

no they made the whole thing up , just an excuse to get people to support more sanction more war and more crackdowns on internet freedoms

look how the media is spinning it,
>attack on murica
>attack your muh freedumbs

is this really how dumb people have gotten , might as well just spout the fox news talking points
hurr durr attack on a multinational japanese company is attack on murika
the public will buy anything
and probably sony gets a shit ton of free marketing and publicity stunt out it too
now evreyone will be lining up to see this POS
this is is even more ridiculous than argo
 

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that's just stupid, like someone stated before, hackers are Computer nerds and usually not an army ...
I really doubt North Korea would really do more than threatening as a small country like them would never risk the wrath of the World.

If America and or the EU would want them down they would go down even thought no one would do it without a very good reason (cuz of loosing human life and money)
 

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