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TC: North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Officially Condemns James Franco And Seth Rogen

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Bliz

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In addition to all the other reasons named above for why the PR stunt theory holds no water, how about the fact that the hack exposed them to a lawsuit for failing to adequately protect employees' private data like SSNs, which could cost them tens of millions of dollars?

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/20/us/sony-pictures-lawsuits/
 

 

 

A complaint by Michael Levine and Felix Lionel said information about 47,000 current and former employees and their family members had been posted online recently because of hacking linked to North Korea.

 

Another complaint estimated 15,000 current and former employees were affected but said the number could only be determined by company records.

 

Sony Pictures did not respond to a CNN request for a comment Saturday; it declined to comment in a Friday Washington Post story about the lawsuits.

 

The complaint filed by Levine and Lionel says employees and family members "will have to remain vigilant for the rest of their lives to combat potential identity theft. ..." Despite efforts to scrub the personal records from the Internet, the information will be "forever recoverable by anyone who wishes to find them."

 

The information "contains the most intimate details of personal and professional lives including ... medical records, Social Security Numbers, birth dates, personal emails, home addresses, salaries, tax information, employee evaluations, disciplinary actions, criminal background checks, severance packages, and family medical histories," the complaint says.

 

Suits: Previous hacks occurred

 

The former employees say Sony should have known the system had a problem because of previous hacks.

A breach occurred in January 2011 when hackers made the PlayStation game Modern Warfare 2 unplayable through the PlayStation network, the complaint by Corona and Mathis says.

 

In April 2011, hackers stole millions of user accounts from the PlayStation video game network, their complaint says.

 

The hacker group Anonymous warned Sony of that impending breach weeks in advance, the complaint says, but Sony didn't implement safeguards to protect the system.

 

The company settled a class-action lawsuit over the April 2011 breach for $15 million in games, online currency and identity theft reimbursement, the complaint says.

 

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Mad Mike

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What would be the opinion in the US if another country made a movie with the same plot, and actually used the real sitting president as a character such as Barack Obama? Would we view it with animosity?

 

I've got a better question.

 

Whats more offensive, making a movie about killing a brutal dictator, or BEING a brutal dictator?

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I have two friends that saw it. One said it only had one or two funny moments, the other said it was pretty funny.

Sounds like a standard, mixed review, Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow comedy.

Apatow wasn't a part of this one.  I'm sure he is happy about that.  :)

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Redskin-All-In

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I'm not sure it's so cut and dry:

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/24/no-north-korea-didn-t-hack-sony.html

 

 

This article addresses the FBI conclusion in detail, and makes a pretty compelling case for why it might have been an inside job.  Richard Jewell's ghost says we should take the FBI's conclusion with a grain of salt...

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PokerPacker

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I'm not sure it's so cut and dry:

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/24/no-north-korea-didn-t-hack-sony.html

 

 

This article addresses the FBI conclusion in detail, and makes a pretty compelling case for why it might have been an inside job.  Richard Jewell's ghost says we should take the FBI's conclusion with a grain of salt...

Yeah, I never bought that NK angle.
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This guy is trying to do exactly what many people have suggested....

 

http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/south-korean-to-drop-sony-film-in-north-by-balloon/article6741193.ece?homepage=true&theme=true

 

South Korean to drop The Interview in North by balloon

AP

 

A South Korean activist says he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony’s The Interview toward North Korea to try to break down a personality cult built around dictator Kim Jong Un.

The comedy depicting an assassination attempt on Mr. Kim is at the centre of tension between North Korea and the U.S., with Washington blaming Pyongyang for crippling hacking attacks on Sony Entertainment. Pyongyang denies that and has vowed to retaliate.

Activist Park Sang-hak said on Wednesday he will start dropping 100,000 DVDs and USBs with the movie by balloon in North Korea as early as next month. If carried out, the move is expected to draw a furious response from North Korea. The two Koreas traded gunfire in October over propaganda balloons.

Mr. Park says the ballooning will be done clandestinely.

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balki1867

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LOL, we're quoting the Hindustan Times now? (j/k)

 

In seriousness, I read another article where they also mentioned that the DVD drop is largely an empty gesture.  Very few people in NK own computers or DVD players, and the ones that do only have them because they are in high favor with the Party.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/02/politics/new-sanctions-for-north-korea-after-sony-hack/index.html

 

 

 

 

U.S. slaps new sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack

Honolulu, Hawaii (CNN) -- The United States is hitting North Korea with a new set of economic sanctions after determining the country was behind last month's computer hack at Sony.

The White House said new rules would prevent leaders in North Korea's government from accessing property and entering the United States. The isolated nuclear regime, which has denied involvement in the Sony hack, was already subject to a strict set of U.S. economic restrictions.

 

 

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