Sony Hacked
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- ETM0
- HijoDMaite0
Unreal. Sony pulls the plug on the release altogether.
http://www.latimes.com/entertain…
- dopepope0
So lame. They really pussied out. now anyone can threaten anything and get whatever they want.
- dbloc0
this should be done to all shitty movies coming out.
- IRNlun60
The hackers just learned it really didn't matter that emails were leaked. All it took was for them to say the magic word to get their demands met.
- dbloc0
This just boosted Kim's ego a lot.
- 5$ that the whole north korean getting angry is just some marketing ploy to get muricans to go watch another shitty moviegeorgesIII
- dopepope0
The worst kind of message was sent. It's ridiculous.
- bulletfactory0
Is it possible Sony may have perpetrated this 'hack' themselves to create a shitload of buzz because they knew they had a turd on their hands?
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By 'canceling' the release (which they'll never really do), they're making this movie so much more interesting (or the idea that this movie is so controversial), which will make s ton more money than another boring rogan/franco bromance vehicle would be otherwise.Or maybe i'm a conspiracy theorist?
- argh - fucking typos.bulletfactory
- I don't think the movie is that important to them. Some serious material was leaked that will really cost them.omahadesigns
- it won't cost them anything it was all useless infouuuuuu
- Actual movies were leaked onto torrent sites. They didn't gain anything from thatukit2
- they won A LOT OF BUZZ, what the hell are you talking about.. I think this is a very possible scenarioMiguex
- highly doubtful since whomever did it would likely be sent to prison for the rest of their livesmonospaced
- prophetone0
a nice plot twist thought but nah. think of all the promo $$$ invested so far basically tossed and soon forgotten, not to mention 'terrorist-level' threats that are being investigated, etc. Movie houses have also likely been affected, and so on. This is the sort of flick that makrs more in sales/rentals anyway.
- whatthefunk0
I believe either Rogan and/or Franco had something to do with this hack. They were probably unhappy with the final edit and people in their respective camps proposed/supported the idea to turn this into some sensationalist digital campaign heist. NYC is full of pussies now and to pull this premier of a mediocre film is downright offensive and laughable. bullet and prophet are spot on - it's an SEO campaign at best. Amazing how you can leverage search and manipulate the media and social on a grand scale - I'm calling utter and complete bullshit.
North Korea is too busy manufacturing meth and trying to turn a buck in other directions to wield some far reaching cyber troll like this. It does make you wonder though, what better way to infiltrate the fear responses of the American public than by hitting some Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, TMZ channel in a political way.
- uuuuuu0
its just going to get a huge release now next year and any Christmas premiers will get more audiences.
i don't trust what they say about any of these high profile hacks especially when it involves a movie premier. the people who do these hacks aren't what they appear to be.
- ukit20
Not saying it was actually North Korea but why does everyone keep saying that they don't have the capability to do this? North Korea built nuclear weapons. All "hacking" takes is a guy sitting in front of a computer.
- and Joltprophetone
- really though. question for me is why any country would want to. useless, there are slightly better ways of waging cyber war.uuuuuu
- ...war.uuuuuu
- futuremongolian0
It's done. Sony killed it. Terrorists won.
- HijoDMaite0
Seriously though if N. Korea was really behind this then it is the most successful attack by N. Korea in my lifetime. Still they can't do anything on their own, they have to pay others (hackers) to create havoc. Congrats, this time it worked, damn right KJU will have a big head over this, but this was his first and last chance at cyber war. They'll shut his ass down real quick, doubt we see more of this style of attack from them. Probably came through Chinese connections since they keep strong ties to China and China is the leader of cyber attacks in the planet.
Now where the fuck is Anom? Fuckin pieces of shit, more concerned with getting people to hate cops. If Anom is so great why aren't they saying anything and standing up for Hollywood? Hollywood represents freedom of speech just as much as any other medium of communication. Fuckin clowns.
- Why on earth would anon be more concerned about helping Sony?!? And why all the effort over a shitty movie?err
- ukit20
As crazy as it sounds there might be some logic to them giving in to the hackers. Assuming they are really based in North Korea or China there is basically nothing the authorities can do in response. Meanwhile the hackers can continue to attack Sony. Sony can try to take security measures to defend themselves but they are a very large company presenting lots of targets, each of which will damage the company in terms of profits and reputation.
Once the hackers threatened violence on theatres showing the film, Sony told theatre owners they had the option of whether to show it or not. Most of them declined, and so Sony probably determined the cost of releasing the film at all was no longer worth it (not to mention the potential downside of having more damaging information leaked and the remote possibility of hackers actually attacking a theatre for which they would arguably be liable).
Also people seem to think it is the job of corporations to stand up for free speech, but that was never something they care about.
- Sony just wants to save their ass, they hope the hackers don't reveal everything. And I doubt it's NK.Frosty_spl
- It does seem ridiculous but now US government is saying it's NK
http://www.nytimes.c…ukit2
- georgesIII0
It's out, it was north korea,
they were hiding behind 5 proxy and a cow,
but we got themmmm!!!comon people, north korea is so poor that they have to menace their neighboors just to get some food aid, I'm not saying their tech is antiquated, but the time NK will be able to attack the mainland is still really really far..
now hacking has gotten simpler but I doubt the NKs have the expertise to break into an allegedly well protected corporation like sony and still 100tb of stuff, what are the benefits to them, I doubt NK cares about a goddam hollywood movie, when they have a regime to keep afloat, why everyone think they care is beyond me, http://www.wired.com/2014/12/evi…
remember team america?
anyways these are the treats the cinema received, it's crazy that an entire country folds under some pretty week treats
"“Remember the 11th of September,” the group wrote in a note accompanying its latest release of hacked documents. “We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places ‘The Interview’ be shown....We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. (If your house is nearby, you’d better leave.)”"
http://recode.net/2014/12/16/son…really..