On Guard for Thee Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 It's all a "snowjob" by Hollywood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 So I guess North Korea is going to destroy the Western World now eh? http://news.yahoo.com/select-us-theaters-theyll-show-interview-thursday-174125104.html NEW YORK (AP) — "The Interview" has been re-gifted to moviegoers as a limited Christmas Day release, putting back into select theaters the comedy that prompted an international incident with North Korea and outrage over its canceled release. Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton said Tuesday that Seth Rogen's North Korea farce "will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day." He said Sony also is continuing its efforts to release the film on more platforms and in more theaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyser Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 An online report I read said that NK has 4 servers, a teenager with $200 and a couple of hours could easily do a DOS at anytime. Now THAT makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilber Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 So I guess North Korea is going to destroy the Western World now eh? http://news.yahoo.com/select-us-theaters-theyll-show-interview-thursday-174125104.html Kudos to Sony and the theaters showing this. Wonder if the major chains will come on line or keep shaking in their boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoastRunner Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Kudos to Sony and the theaters showing this. Wonder if the major chains will come on line or keep shaking in their boots. Gotta love this. https://twitter.com/PlazaAtlanta/status/547282063486095360/photo/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 North Korea most likely does not have the net capacity for large scale hacks. It also seems you have to go through China to get to NK via Internet. But I believe it would be easy to knock NK offline because of their limited access to the Internet. Might be that the movie SUCKS and Sony hacked themselves, knowing they would be releasing a turd of a movie. First it was cancelled, then it was limited release with digital release on YT and other platforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I saw on tv that a former employee might have been part of it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I think the whole things a big marketing ploy/publicity stunt myself. There were apparently some 750,000 illegal downloads of The Interview yesterday. http://bgr.com/2014/12/26/the-interview-torrent-download/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 I think the whole things a big marketing ploy/publicity stunt myself. There were apparently some 750,000 illegal downloads of The Interview yesterday. http://bgr.com/2014/12/26/the-interview-torrent-download/ No it's not a big marketing ploy. That's absurd. Btw, Sony doesn't make money from illegal downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilber Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 North Korea most likely does not have the net capacity for large scale hacks. It also seems you have to go through China to get to NK via Internet. But I believe it would be easy to knock NK offline because of their limited access to the Internet. Might be that the movie SUCKS and Sony hacked themselves, knowing they would be releasing a turd of a movie. First it was cancelled, then it was limited release with digital release on YT and other platforms. And compromise their own email accounts and those of some of the biggest stars in the world just to boost his "turd". Diabolical. Got to love you conspiracy types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 No it's not a big marketing ploy. That's absurd. Btw, Sony doesn't make money from illegal downloads.It's not like I'm the only one the thought occurred to.http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/12/22/sony-hack-attack-stunt/PN9UiT2eHTJO669N37NqxJ/story.html Btw, Sony doesn't make money from illegal downloads.Small price to pay for the exposure they've reaped in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilber Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) It's not like I'm the only one the thought occurred to. http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/12/22/sony-hack-attack-stunt/PN9UiT2eHTJO669N37NqxJ/story.html Small price to pay for the exposure they've reaped in the meantime. Except for the fact it would be illegal as hell, would put people in jail and lead to lawsuits that would bankrupt Sony if it was ever pinned on them. All that to hype one bad movie? Like Sony has never made a crap movie before? Reality check time. Edited December 27, 2014 by Wilber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 This article makes a good case that it was a disgruntled employee: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/24/no-north-korea-didn-t-hack-sony.html And the NK angle was an after-the-fact excuse latched onto by Sony management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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