REALLY?? Sony Scraped ‘The Interview’

IMHO, this isn't really about Sony or NK...not directly anyway. Thank our ridiculous legal system. Sony is a corporation, not a government. A threat was issued, and Im sure the Sony legal team figured that if something did happen at a theater, someone would sue them, and they would win. In this perverted legal system of ours, they decided it wasn't worth the lawsuits. We need a decent reform of the legal system to stop people from suing over every little god damn thing, and then we might be getting somewhere. Eddie brought up free speech...look at the corporate culture today...everyone is walking on eggshells and being all PC because they are all afraid of lawsuits. You can't tell a woman that she "looks nice today," you can't tell someone that they look good after losing weight, you can't say a god damn thing without being dragged through court and settling. It's disgusting.
 
There is some really funny shit in this thread! However, the sad part is that the USA right now has the weakest image it has had since before we kicked the English out of here. This perception by other small/weak countries emboldens them to do this shit, and the government is to full of puss's to do anything about it. In fact, all the libs in power enjoy seeing the country neutered. No other country will ever see the true spirit of the USA until there is a land war here, and they deal with an armed society of patriots! But that will never happen so our image is all we have. We are slowly circling the drain under this regime! :grayno:

Thus endeth the rant!
 
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In all fairness, Sony had originally given movie houses the option to not show the film and when ALL of them pulled out, Sony just cancelled its release. But, your point shouldn't be lost here as I'm sure all this was in fact driven more from fear of a potential lawsuit than anything. Of course, that's the part I don't get. I mean, forget the lawsuits, if the North Koreans were able to hurt Americans on American soil regardless of the reason, that would be an act of war! I'm still trying to figure out why our government hasn't come out to address these threats, in this manner and assure ALL Americans that we are in fact safe from the North Koreans and do so by promising a serious ass kicking should anything happen to any of us. :naw:
 
wayoflife said:
In all fairness, Sony had originally given movie houses the option to not show the film and when ALL of them pulled out, Sony just cancelled its release. But, your point shouldn't be lost here as I'm sure all this was in fact driven more from fear of a potential lawsuit than anything. Of course, that's the part I don't get. I mean, forget the lawsuits, if the North Koreans were able to hurt Americans on American soil regardless of the reason, that would be an act of war! I'm still trying to figure out why our government hasn't come out to address these threats, in this manner and assure ALL Americans that we are in fact safe from the North Koreans and do so by promising a serious ass kicking should anything happen to any of us. :naw:
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I think we all know why government hasn't responded to this matter yet.
 
OverlanderJK said:
I think we all know why government hasn't responded to this matter yet.
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Yeah, I know and really, that's what's pissing me off. It's just so stupid how they first say how the Sony hack and threat "looked" like it was from the North Koreans and then, when they were able to verify as much, they still said they needed to look into it more. For crying out loud, the so called hackers called themselves the GOP or "Guardians Of Peace". This was a phrase Nixon used to describe America when the Chinese asked why we were helping South Korea. It's almost like our government is purposefully trying to play dumb so that they don't have to respond to these threat for what it really are - a threat against Americans on American soil by another country! :naw:
 
wayoflife said:
Yeah, I know and really, that's what's pissing me off. It's just so stupid how they first say how the Sony hack and threat "looked" like it was from the North Koreans and then, when they were able to verify as much, they still said they needed to look into it more. For crying out loud, the so called hackers called themselves the GOP or "Guardians Of Peace". This was a phrase Nixon used to describe America when the Chinese asked why we were helping South Korea. It's almost like our government is purposefully trying to play dumb so that they don't have to respond to these threat for what it really are - a threat against Americans on American soil by another country! :naw:
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I was listening to something yesterday that said they had the most people on this case then ever before. I believe it said CIA and FBI had the most personnel figuring this out. Sad really.
 
wayoflife said:
It's almost like our government is purposefully trying to play dumb so that they don't have to respond to these threat for what it really are - a threat against Americans on American soil by another country! :naw:
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Government looking dumb? That's not really a stretch.... ;)
 
So it's official, the FBI has just come out to officially state that North Korea is to blame for the Sony hack.

FBI blames North Korea for Sony hack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the North Korean government of being responsible for the devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, providing the most detailed accounting to date of a hugely expensive break-in that could lead to a U.S. response.

The FBI said in a statement it that it now has enough evidence to conclude that North Korea was behind the punishing breach, which resulted in the disclosure of tens of thousands of leaked emails and other materials.

"North Korea's actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves. Such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior," the statement said.

The FBI's statement cited, among other factors, technical similarities between the Sony break-in and past "malicious cyber activity" linked directly to North Korea, including a prior cyberattack against South Korean banks and media.

A group identifying itself as Guardians of Peace has taken responsibility for the Sony breach, which was reported in late November and involved the use of destructive malware that caused the studio to take its entire computer network offline and left thousands of computers inoperable, the FBI said.

President Barack Obama is expected to face questions about the Sony hack at a year-end news conference with reporters later Friday.

The break-in has had wide-ranging ramifications for the studio, spilling into public view candid and confidential discussions among executives and leading to lawsuits from those who say their personal and financial data was exposed online. This week, the cyber-attack escalated with terrorist threats against movie theaters that planned to show the movie "The Interview," a comedy starring James Franco and Seth Rogen that for months has been condemned by the North Korean government.

In response to the threats, Sony canceled the Christmas Day release of the film — a comedy about a plot to assassinate North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un — and said it had no further plans to distribute it.

After Sony shelved the film's release, hackers sent a new email praising the studio's decision as "very wise" and saying its data would be safe "as long as you make no more trouble." The message warned the studio to "never" release the film "in any form," including on DVD. The email was confirmed Friday by a person close to the studio who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter and requested anonymity. An FBI spokesman said authorities were aware of the email and were investigating.

The Motion Picture Association of America called the Sony attack a "despicable, criminal act" that threatened the lives of thousands of people in the film and television industries.

North Korea has denied responsibility but earlier this month referred to the cyberattack as a "righteous deed." A North Korean diplomat to the United Nations, Kim Un Chol, declined to comment Friday about the FBI's accusations.

Obama administration officials had until Friday declined to openly blame North Korea but had said they were weighing various options for a response. The statement Friday did not reveal what options were being considered but did say the government would look to "impose costs and consequences."

Read the whole article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-conclusively-links-north-korea-sony-hack-165938859.html
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Is it just me or shouldn't the FIRST response be to assure the American public that we are still living in America and that we should be able to watch this film WITHOUT FEAR of reprisals from the North Koreans??? :naw:
 
Well, the leader of the free world has officially spoken and said that he thinks Sony "made a mistake" and that he "wish they had spoken to me first". Really??? :naw:

US officially accuses North Korea of Sony hacking

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that Sony Pictures Entertainment "made a mistake" in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea's leader and vowed the United States will respond "in a place and manner and time that we choose" after a hack attack the administration blamed on the secretive Communist regime.

Speaking of Sony executives, Obama said at a year-end news conference, "I wish they had spoken to me first. ... We cannot have a society in which some dictatorship someplace can start imposing censorship."

Envisioning other potential flashpoints, he imagined situations in which dictators "start seeing a documentary that they don't like or news reports that they don't like."

The president spoke a few hours after the FBI formally accused the North Korean government of being responsible for the devastating hacking attack against Sony, providing the most detailed accounting to date of a hugely expensive break-in that could lead to a U.S. response.

"Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced," he said.

"Having said all that, yes, I think they made a mistake.

See the whole article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/fbi-conclusively-links-north-korea-sony-hack-165938859.html
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Maybe if Sony had a little more faith in the U.S. Government to protect its people from North Korean threats, they wouldn't have felt the need to pull this film.
 
Looks like Sony got an attaboy and a pat on the head from the North Koreans. :naw:

Hackers warn not to release 'The Interview' in any form
NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers sent a new email Friday to Sony Pictures Entertainment, gloating over the studio's "wise" decision to cancel the release of "The Interview" and warning not to distribute the film "in any form." 

The email was confirmed by a person close to the studio who requested anonymity because the person wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the matter. It was sent to several employees of the Culver City, California, company that's been roiled by a hacking group calling itself Guardians of Peace.

"Very wise to cancel 'the interview' it will be very useful for you," read the message. "We ensure the purity of your data and as long as you make no more trouble."

The email also warned against any release of the Seth Rogen, James Franco comedy and insisted that "anything related to the movie, including trailers" be removed from the Internet.

"Now we want you never let the movie released, distributed or leaked in any form of, for instance, DVD or piracy," wrote the hackers.

Read more about it here:
http://news.yahoo.com/hackers-gloat-over-interview-cancellation-email-173116037--finance.html
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Hopefully there is more to this than these early public statements. To look at the flip side, wouldn't be wise to show our cards.

Sony is fucked no matter how you slice this. Can't take back what was taken. I hope other major corporations and institutions take a solid look at these errors so a similar cyber attack doesn't happen again.
 
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