NFT: Sony Hackers threaten "9/11" like attack

This may be Angelina Jolie's opus. I laughed. I cried.

and publicity did not help Kramer's or Jimmy the Greek's careers.

I do find it interesting how fast Amy Pascal went groveling to Jessie and Sharpton. It is hilarious and actually like cliche from a movie. She must hate them with a passion.

tweeting this am that Sony is actively considering pulling the picture entirely. Other studios applying pressure as they dont want their films in same multiplex to be hurt biz wise. One large national chain has already refused to show it. Estimated cost to Sony would be $100 mil.

I want to see this movie just to Fuck North Korea.

probably in Europe somewhere who are doing their best to make us think it is coming out of North Korea.

or maybe Kimmel


question, are movies now transmitted to theaters electronically or still with reels?

In comment 12039284 GiantFilthy said:

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probably in Europe somewhere who are doing their best to make us think it is coming out of North Korea.

It may actually be North Koreans. Most of their hackers/cyber experts were trained by the Chinese, and we know that the Chinese know hacking.

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RC02XX : 11:23 am : link : reply It may actually be North Koreans. Most of their hackers/cyber experts were trained by the Chinese, and we know that the Chinese know hacking.

Unless their system auto-corrects it like yours.

by shutting the movie down.

Is the absolute worst thing to do. It's giving the hackers exactly what they want! There's a big leap from hacking Sony's computer network to blowing up theaters across the country. I think people are completely overreacting to this. I think this movie looks awful but I am almost tempted to go see it now just to stick it to the hackers.

In comment 12039510 NYerInMA said:

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Is the absolute worst thing to do. It's giving the hackers exactly what they want! There's a big leap from hacking Sony's computer network to blowing up theaters across the country. I think people are completely overreacting to this. I think this movie looks awful but I am almost tempted to go see it now just to stick it to the hackers.

Agreed! You absolutely cannot change anything as a result of these threats. If you do it means the hackers control this country. We're going to let them pick and choose what movies we see?

for Sony. Its not as simple as letting the terrorists win.

Or the government?

If we starting running from freaking hackers over a stupid movie, we're pretty easy marks. What will they hack next and then threaten to blow up?

I've been really disappointed in the reviews so far, but now we'll probably see the movie just on principal. They (whomever) doesn't get to tell us what kind of movies we can make. Especially after allowing, what? Ten Transformers movies to go completely unpunished.

In comment 12039477 GiantFilthy said:

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Quote: RC02XX : 11:23 am : link : reply It may actually be North Koreans. Most of their hackers/cyber experts were trained by the Chinese, and we know that the Chinese know hacking. Unless their system auto-corrects it like yours.

Says the jackass with a 3rd grade education.

let me try and explain this. Movies play in multiplexes. So many other happy Xmas films for the kiddies will be in the same building. In order to go ahead and show this film dramatically increased visible security will need to be ordered - thats already been outlined by the authorities. Families dont want to take their kids to the movies to see armed guards standing around and other studios are legitmately concerned this will hurt the attendance of their films. Therefore they are exerting pressure on Sony to pull it. As well Sony has many new tech options such as on demand, streaming etc. Its not as if it would have to be scrapped entirely.

but hackers and "9/11" style attacks don't seem to mix. One or the other, not both.

In comment 12039968 Knineteen said:

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but hackers and "9/11" style attacks don't seem to mix. One or the other, not both.

They're planning on crashing drones into popcorn machines.

have not found these threats to be credible. Unless that changes, there's no reason for extra security or to pull the film. People are just panicking, because that's what we do in the 21st Century instead of behaving rationally.

In comment 12039931 natefit said:

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let me try and explain this. Movies play in multiplexes. So many other happy Xmas films for the kiddies will be in the same building. In order to go ahead and show this film dramatically increased visible security will need to be ordered - thats already been outlined by the authorities. Families dont want to take their kids to the movies to see armed guards standing around and other studios are legitmately concerned this will hurt the attendance of their films. Therefore they are exerting pressure on Sony to pull it. As well Sony has many new tech options such as on demand, streaming etc. Its not as if it would have to be scrapped entirely.

Right. Multiplexes are much more complicated than, say, the airline industry.

So, yeah. You tried to explain how this threat of terrorism/blowing shit up was so much more complex than any other one, but...

(Jeez. 'Little' tramp.)

at Chaplain, he didn't find it amusing at all

did you?

do you? That's like him wanting me to emphasize "in" before "July". Come on fellas, you're losing your heads...

Although, I do understand that this is a decision to be made by Sony and not by the United States government.

will threaten others and cause problems like this again...

Sony PS4 now losing out the market share to XBOX and this.... yikes...

In comment 12040024 vibe4giants said:

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did you?

Well, as Franz Liebkind once told me: not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer, and he could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon - TWO coats!

movie has basically been "canceled" the hackers won. It may head straight to PPV now.

In comment 12040070 DanMetroMan said:

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movie has basically been "canceled" the hackers won. It may head straight to PPV now.

That is just idiotic to kowtow to these hackers. I find it hard to believe N Korea would risk a fucking war over this by attacking movie theaters in America? Its one thing to shoot a missile in some water near S. Korea, its another to actually attack a country

In comment 12040170 montanagiant said:

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In comment 12040070 DanMetroMan said: Quote: movie has basically been "canceled" the hackers won. It may head straight to PPV now. That is just idiotic to kowtow to these hackers. I find it hard to believe N Korea would risk a fucking war over this by attacking movie theaters in America? Its one thing to shoot a missile in some water near S. Korea, its another to actually attack a country

I'd be curious if the government knows who the hackers are. Or can even narrow down/eliminate some possibilities.

We're led to believe NK is not the richest, most sophisticated country. So when this first happened, I initially assumed the Chinese did this as proxy way of needling US. Clearly, it's crossed that line, so I doubt the Chinese now. But I still doubt this is something NK is capable of. (Unless we've been terribly mislead about their capabilities.) So, who?

This seems like a really dangerous precedent. Feels like a bunch of crazies, foreign and domestic, have just been encouraged to decide what we see/hear by the power of their threats. Can't get much more North Korean than that.

In comment 12039999 vibe4giants said:

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In comment 12039931 natefit said: Quote: let me try and explain this. Movies play in multiplexes. So many other happy Xmas films for the kiddies will be in the same building. In order to go ahead and show this film dramatically increased visible security will need to be ordered - thats already been outlined by the authorities. Families dont want to take their kids to the movies to see armed guards standing around and other studios are legitmately concerned this will hurt the attendance of their films. Therefore they are exerting pressure on Sony to pull it. As well Sony has many new tech options such as on demand, streaming etc. Its not as if it would have to be scrapped entirely. Right. Multiplexes are much more complicated than, say, the airline industry. So, yeah. You tried to explain how this threat of terrorism/blowing shit up was so much more complex than any other one, but...

I explained to you how the industry was thinking. I was right. I didnt say I agree.

it was definitely North Korea. Absurd to cancel a movie because a bunch of dickless saber rattlers are threatening to attack movie fucking theaters.

and other Studios because it was felt people would avoid theaters as a whole because of the threats.

This is serious shit. Hundreds of millions of dollars lost. This time it's movies, what will it be next time?

In comment 12040372 Chris in Philly said:

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it was definitely North Korea. Absurd to cancel a movie because a bunch of dickless saber rattlers are threatening to attack movie fucking theaters.

Yep. And yes.

That'll teach them to screw with our over priced, stale popcorn.

some funny shit.

Do we really care about crap like this and why is it news?

What?

In comment 12040547 ctc in ftmyers said:

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some funny shit. Do we really care about crap like this and why is it news?

A cyber attack launched against a global multinational by a nation state, followed by threats of terrorism by the same nation state? What part of this isn't news?

In comment 12040566 shepherdsam said:

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What?

Shep

If some hacker said they were going do 9/11 attacks on every church on sunday, what would we do? Synagogues on saturday?Schools on wednesday?

We would all stop going? not.

It was North fucking Korea, how is this not news?

In comment 12040576 Rob in NYC said:

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In comment 12040547 ctc in ftmyers said: Quote: some funny shit. Do we really care about crap like this and why is it news? A cyber attack launched against a global multinational by a nation state, followed by threats of terrorism by the same nation state? What part of this isn't news?

Rob

You really think they are going to risk war?

While everyone knows they are crazy, just how crazy do you believe they are?

To tie it to another thread, where does their energy supply come from?

Could this be tied in?

Really don't know. Just asking.

has no bearing on whether or not this is newsworthy.

In comment 12040579 shepherdsam said:

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It was North fucking Korea, how is this not news?

So North Korea is going send in 500,000 drones or what to blow up all these theaters?

Multinationals get hacked all the time. Not big news.

Movie houses getting blown up by a foreign government?

Yeah, ok.

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Theaters.

#lolcanada

That does make it a little bit tougher.

would have episodes about North Korea....

Survivor: NK?

Cutthroat Kitchen Korean BBQ?

I could actually see some of this being made. I couldn't watch it, but I could see it.

Despite the overall joke that NK is, their cyber warfare unit isn't. They've spent a ton of money building it up, and have a few hundred guys there at the ready to put together some bad shit when they need it.

Bearing in mind, of course - that these types of hackers aren't necessary to hack the likes of Sony, who's been taken down pretty easily by amateurs in the past.

So the analysts looked at the code, and from the trail they can tell that it came from that NK unit. At the same time, the code itself is a mess - not really something up to par with what those guys would normally put together.

That's curious - it's not as if the movie were some sort of secret that they had to rush the thing out the door, but it sure looks that way. Of course, software delivery under penalty of death if you're late (take that, agile!) will do that to you.

and as a result a $30 million movie has been pulled from its Christmas Day release? A 9/11 style attack was threatened. Stocks of the four major movie theater chains fell. Jobs could be lost.

Yeah, reading that all back, I have to agree. Nothing to see here.

Anyone think Jim Fassell will ever coach again?