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On 12/17/2014 gardenman said:

On 12/17/2014 Christmas Balls said:

On 12/17/2014 kdgn said:

On 12/17/2014 gardenman said:

From what I understand of the hack, it seems to have been done/aided by a former employee who had internal access to the system. It's hard to make a system to protect against such an action.

That's what I read on TMZ this morning. Sony is speculating that it's an inside job. They recently laid off a lot of IT people.

I wonder how many years in prison someone can be sentenced to for doing this not to mention threatening moviegoers.

We'd be looking at a very substantial prison sentence. I wouldn't be shocked to see it be life in prison for the totality of charges. Whoever did it tried to make it look like the hack came from Korea, but serious hackers aren't impressed and suspect it was a relative novice hacker who took advantage of his knowledge of the system to exploit it. I have a suspicion that if Sony put out a substantial reward the hacker community would quickly uncover the person responsible and expose them. You can't really do much online without leaving footprints that someone can track. Hackers are often the best at finding other hackers, especially if it's a hacker they don't respect, and they don't seem to respect whoever did this. Law enforcement has to get warrants and go through the legal maze to track someone, but hackers don't really care about the niceties. They can probably find the guy/gal in relatively short order.

Exactly, and the entire point.

People forget that whatever you say online, whether it's work topics or anything personal, can be tracked and hacked.

You're just outright stupid to allow your own arrogance cause you to think that you're totally untouchable.

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On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:

For all of you who are fans of Rogen and Franco, this video is for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwRtIs7z4eI

Thanks; it bears viewing again. 8)

These two cuties have been good friends for at least 15 years, going back to the late, lamented, truly-enjoyable, one-season-only NBC series "Freaks and Geeks", one of my all-time faves.

Jason Segel, Busy Phillips, and Linda Cardellini came from there as well.

[chessylady]

Sony will not distribute The Interview spoofing north Korea which was to open Christmas Day. Now there is a thought afoot on the web that they should go straight to pay per view which would thwart the censorship imposed by hackers. Sony might even recoup a lot of costs that way.

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JMHO, but I think that some of those in the entertainment business said it very well: "it's a sad day for freedom of speech and creative expression; practically censorship."

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On 12/17/2014 Tyak said:

On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:

On 12/17/2014 Tyak said:

On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:

On 12/17/2014 kittymomNC said:

It appears now that it has been definitely determined that the N Korean govt is behind the cyber attack and the bomb threats about theater goers. This comes very close to being considered an attack or a threat of war... and the administration is carefully considering its response. They said this cannot go unanswered.

This makes it a lot more serious than just some hackers having some fun.

Sony started this mess by making a movie that threatened the life of their leader. In a country like NK where everything is state sponsored, of course they're going to think it's real and of course they are offended.

So what if they're offended? Maybe it's about time they learn to deal with things by acting like adults instead of 2 year olds throwing a tantrum.

Your so-called 2 year olds have nukes. Sony did the right thing to stop the showing of their idiotic movie. Now, it's time for THEM to grow up....hopefully, this is the wakeup call that they needed!

Aren't you forgetting something, shade? We have nukes, too and they know it. BUt there's a problem....they now know we're afraid of them. That's not a good thing. It didn't used to be that way.

It wouldn't make a difference what we did. They live on lies and propaganda. We could all stand on our heads in the theaters across country and give a unanimous raspberry and they would never get the message. They would never know it happened.

What we do or don't do doesn't matter when they control all information.

ETA A few mentioned Sony decided not to show the film. Actually several theater chains initially declined to have the film shown in their theaters.

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On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:

On 12/17/2014 Tyak said:

On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:

On 12/17/2014 kittymomNC said:

It appears now that it has been definitely determined that the N Korean govt is behind the cyber attack and the bomb threats about theater goers. This comes very close to being considered an attack or a threat of war... and the administration is carefully considering its response. They said this cannot go unanswered.

This makes it a lot more serious than just some hackers having some fun.

Sony started this mess by making a movie that threatened the life of their leader. In a country like NK where everything is state sponsored, of course they're going to think it's real and of course they are offended.

So what if they're offended? Maybe it's about time they learn to deal with things by acting like adults instead of 2 year olds throwing a tantrum.

Your so-called 2 year olds have nukes. Sony did the right thing to stop the showing of their idiotic movie. Now, it's time for THEM to grow up....hopefully, this is the wakeup call that they needed!

I totally agree. Movie makers have to be held more accountable for the things they produce. This was not a good movie topic. North Korea is a loose cannon and should be considered dangerous.

[Lotus]

On 12/17/2014 RoughDraft said:

Hey Lotus, want to share a big old bucket of pop corn and meet at a theater half way?

Definitely .....I think I was in your neck of the woods last week. We should have met up!!

[Topaz Gem]

Sony is in a difficult position. They certainly don't want a movie theater blown up or something equally horrific to happen while they're showing their movie. On the other hand, they're totally caving to North Korea's threats. Cancelling the movie will only empower North Korea, for now they feel invincible and they know the US fears them.

It kind of makes me mad, though. Hollywood has no problem dissing our soldiers, politicians, etc. in their movies and award shows, but they give in to a slimy North Korean dictator. I think it's a shame.

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On 12/18/2014 Topaz Gem said:

Sony is in a difficult position. They certainly don't want a movie theater blown up or something equally horrific to happen while they're showing their movie. On the other hand, they're totally caving to North Korea's threats. Cancelling the movie will only empower North Korea, for now they feel invincible and they know the US fears them.

It kind of makes me mad, though. Hollywood has no problem dissing our soldiers, politicians, etc. in their movies and award shows, but they give in to a slimy North Korean dictator. I think it's a shame.

The theaters backed out. Not Sony. After they decided not to show it Sony pulled it.

From Time:

The Regal, AMC, Cinemark and Carmike theater chains won’t show The Interview until federal law enforcement groups finish their investigation of the threats made against the film, the Wall Street Journal reported citing anonymous sources Wednesday. Those chains control nearly half of the movie screens in the U.S., according to the Journal.