I don't see the Sony vs. North Korea thing being discussed..

[zoegirltx]

Sony was hacked & tons of email, employee info (pay, SSN, etc), movies were all leaked.
www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-sony-culver-city-hacking-20141204-story.html


It appears Kim Jong-Un can’t take a joke:



Sony Pictures Entertainment is exploring the possibility that hackers working on behalf of North Korea, perhaps operating out of China, may be behind a devastating attack that brought the studio’s network to a screeching halt earlier this week, sources familiar with the matter tell Re/code.



The timing of the attack coincides with the imminent release of “The Interview,” a Sony film that depicts a CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The nation’s ever-belligerent state propaganda outlets have threatened “merciless retaliation” against the U.S. and other nations if the film is released.

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All sorts of interesting internal things have been leaked

A bunch of apparently embarrassing internal emails, discussing celebs and producers were leaked too.

Sony Pictures Hack Reveals Stark Gender Pay Gap
www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/12/05/sony_pictures_hack_reveals_gender_pay_gap_at_the_entertainment_company_and.html


Apparently they think Adam Sandler Sucks
www.businessinsider.com/sony-employees-dont-like-adam-sandler-movies-2014-12

[Velar Fricative]

This is fascinating. I'm just as likely to believe that it was a disgruntled employee or former employee who made it look like the source was from NK.

[lya]

I was talking H about this last night. I was sceptical that NK could or would do something like that, but H pointed out that Sony has horrible security. They apparantly get hacked all the time and the level of skill required to do so is very low.

[ijack]

Yeah, I wasn't sure that NK could actually pull something like this off too.

[havarti]

This was discussed on NPR last night. Apparently NK actually does have some pretty sophisticated hacking skills. They send people who are really good at it to China for more training.

eta:  Here's the NPR story www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/12/04/368449855/north-koreas-cyber-skills-get-attention-amid-sony-hacking-mystery