The Interview

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As many of you know, the movie "The Interview" has sparked some rather crazy threats. The movie stars Seth Rogen and James Franco and depicts the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in comedy.

The threats follow "Guardians of Peace", a group of hackers (Read as neckbeards trying to be edgy), who recently hacked Sony Pictures Entertainment. They vow to recreate 9/11 or something.

Well as it stands five premier cinema chains have stated they will delay the movie in the interest of safety. Understandable, sometimes terrorism isn't good for business.

In my personal opinion I feel like delaying the movie gives rise to more threats like this. It shows we can be pushed around. Part of "winning" a war on terror is ignoring threats like this, which even the FBI says has little cause for concern yet.

Anyway what are your opinions on this?
 
As far as I know, the hacking of Sony has not been definitively linked to anyone yet.

Yet great precautions are being taken.

Somewhere, I don't know where, the threat of hacking into corporate computers is being taken very seriously.
 
ProjectWHaT
I wasn't interested in seeing it before, but after all these hackings, I'm more interested in seeing it. :lol:
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I feel the same way. I was actually considering seeing it. Then I realized that Carmike and Cinmark have decided they won't show it. Those are the only two theaters in town. Oh well.
 
Five major chains have canceled. They are unwilling or unable to deal with the liability for persons injured in their theaters, given a known threat.

But this issue goes way beyond Sony or the entertainment industry. Cyber attack or cyber terrorism is currently an emerging problem for all. Apparently.
 
Dotini
As far as I know, the hacking of Sony has not been definitively linked to anyone yet.

Yet great precautions are being taken.
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The problem is the discontinuity. The threats suggest that there will be some kind of physical attack, but so far the people making them have not done anything in the physical world.
 
prisonermonkeys
The problem is the discontinuity. The threats suggest that there will be some kind of physical attack, but so far the people making them have not done anything in the physical world.
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That doesn't mean that much, however. With nobody truly knowing who's behind the threats, you have to at least consider that they are capable of something.
 
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I'm not sure if I agree with Sony's decision on that. In a way, that is an invitation to other groups to do as they will as they will get exactly what they want.
 
Ken Koios
That doesn't mean that much, however. With nobody truly knowing how's behind the threats, you have to at least consider that they are capable of something.
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Perhaps, but with the unspoken connection to North Korea, any action could be taken as having come with the support of Pyongyang, which would not go down well with Washington.
 
prisonermonkeys
The problem is the discontinuity. The threats suggest that there will be some kind of physical attack, but so far the people making them have not done anything in the physical world.
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These days systems in the physical world are often controlled by systems in the cyber world. I'm sure there is great concern that computer systems controlling powerlines, refineries and dams could be hacked someday. Maybe that day is sooner than we'd like to think?
 
Am I the only one that thinks a group called Guardians for Peace is essentially someone looking for an excuse to start violence (Hacktivist)?
 
While I think the movie is of complete distaste, I sort of wonder if this means that any type of joke assassination movie will be axed automatically (an overreaction by American film producers). Clearly other countries won't have any qualms about showing killing of leaders of America.
 
That wasn't the worst of it. According to ReviewTechUSA, Kaz Hirai censored Kim's death scene to the point to where it was removed completely in international prints, but was a complete shell of its former self in the US version.

Video evidence:

 
Sanji Himura
That's true, but he did say that if Sony releases the film, it would amount to an act of war. He won the war without firing a shot.
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The war goes on. CNN has reported that the US government has decided NK is behind the hacking, and is going to respond, somehow. Meanwhile, Sony is having a near-death experience, and everyone else in the world with a computer is wondering, "Am I next?"
 
I assume the CIA is hard at work on the cyberattacks? Or are they leaving it up to Sony and private interests? If it really is NK, surely there should be some sort of retaliation for this.
 
Keef
I assume the CIA is hard at work on the cyberattacks? Or are they leaving it up to Sony and private interests? If it really is NK, surely there should be some sort of retaliation for this.
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Ostensibly it has been the FBI investigating, but now that NK is declared the cyber attacker, what the US now does will define the rules of the coming global cyber war. Other parties are interested in playing, including the US itself.
 
I really hope it comes out. There were only 2 movies that came out this year that I wanted to see (plus this one) so it would kind of piss me off if it didn't come out considering I hardly watch movies.
 
Blitz24
If it is North Korea, then bravo on them actually being taken seriously and shame to America for believing NK would be moronic enough to start WWIII.
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WWIII - the cyber version - has already started. Russia, China, Israel and the US are players. Now NK? The rules for this war are a little ambiguous. The US will reluctantly be forced to play its hand against the brazen attack by crude, would-be extortionists.
 

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