Sony was forced to pull the cinema release of "The Interview," scheduled for Christmas day, after hacker groupGuardians of Peace (GOP) threatened to attack any theater that decided to show the film. But the studio will release the controversial North Korean-baiting film via different alternatives.
HACKERS WARNED OF TERROR ATTACK
The massive hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment is getting worst day by day. The hack has yetexposed about 200 gigabytes of confidential data belonging to the company from upcoming movie scripts to sensitive employees data, celebrities phone numbers and their travel aliases, and also the high-quality versions of5 newest films leak, marking it as the most severe hack in the History.
Week back, the hacker group GOP, who has claimed responsibility for the damaging Sony cyber-attack, demanded Sony to cancel the release of "The Interview" — the Seth Rogen and James Franco-starring comedy centered around a TV host and his producer assassinating North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, citing terror threats against movie theatres.
At the beginning of the month when GoP group send a threatening email to Sony executives, they didn't even ask the company to cancel the release of The Interview movie. They never released any statement regarding the movie, but later with second hack they actually demand for the same. It seems that hackers got this TIP from media suggestions and put all the blame to North Korea for making this Drama more interesting.