The Interview....Sony and the US running scared? ( Archived) (47)

I guess the producers and Sony thought they were on safe ground to take a pot shot at the little melancholy figure of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il when they made their spoof comedy about an assassination attempt on his life. But Sony has had to rethink and decide to retreat after an unknown cyber hacking group called 'Guardians of Peace' (could be a terrorist group, or one kid in his bedroom) has released thousands of confidential email documents which horribly embarrassed Hollywood bigwigs with details of rows, executive pay and inappropriate remarks about African-American casting and President Obama.

Then the Guardians of Peace, losing their apparent moral high ground of non violence declared war on the United States, saying, if the film was shown anywhere in the US there will be trouble, adding, remember 9/11.

So the hacker(s) wins, the film costing Sony $28m will never be shown according to Sony who are presently licking their wounds over the leaked documents.
Is this a sensible response, or a major blow to freedom of speech and creative license? Maybe even the tip of a cyber panic iceberg.

At this moment in time nobody seems to know who is behind the hacking, North Korea deny any involvement, although on June 20th North Korean officials call The Interview a symbol of the “desperation” of US society, but an unofficial spokesperson for Kim Jong-un says he’ll probably watch it anyway...

I guess the more worrying aspect of all this is the ease in which such confidential material could be made readily available to anyone who would wish to read it.

On 5th December Journalists began sifting the leaked emails and documents, finding 47,000 social security numbers, credit card and passport details of Sony employees. Quite embarrassing for Sony, not least because the figures reveal striking pay discrepancies between Sony employees of different genders and ethnicities.

Some are suggesting that 'Guardians of Peace' rather than being a terrorist group capable of causing mayhem should the film be released, could more likely be a disgruntled ex Sony employee. Either way, has the security of personal, and corporate information, ever been built on such weak and unstable foundations?

I wouldn't want to be in a theatre that they blow up.there are no more sanctions that we can put on the north koreans

It'll be released later and will make twice as much money..Good move Sony...

dono about all that , when Saddam sent a hit squad to nail Bush senior after the first Iraq war the threat was taken seriously by G Bush jnr who bombed the place flat for a decade ,making damn sure Saddam got to take a long jump with a short rope round his nek .Threats should not be made against a leader unless they are meant .Cause you can discount this post if you's think it was about installing democracy to Iraq .