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This article was published on December 27, 2014 at 08:13.
The war against Sony hacker on Christmas Day had another attack of piracy and yet another curious coincidence: while The interview, satirical film from Sony Pictures on a plot to assassinate the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, was finally screened in 300 US theaters and distributed on the Internet, online services Playstation and Xbox have gone completely haywire. The first is produced by a division of Sony, the second is the platform that Microsoft had put in a few hours before the network own damn movie. It is not certain, however, that there is a connection and a political motive. Youtube also, in fact, is distributing the film without any consequences and there is a special site, www.seetheinterview.com, to be able to comfortably see at home.
Yesterday, for more than twelve hours of the attack, the services of two popular console, very popular as Christmas presents, were still inactive or limited. Behind the incursions of pirates there is a code already known for a previous episode: Lizard Squad. However, there is evidence that the new act of cyber-war is really attributable to the group because the Twitter account with the claim remained active only Thursday and the user has not responded to the questions that have been asked. Moreover, the pirates said they would stop hacking if service users had called attention to their ritwittando the message.
In common with previous attacks, however, there is the film by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. In the US exit, on Christmas Day the halls that have screened, and a few niche, have sold out and grossed a million dollars. During the weekend t he figure could double while the bulk of revenues will come from online sales.
Without fanfare, the projection in a cinema in Los Angeles occurred, surprisingly, even the authors. The film tells the story of a talk show host and his producer who get an exclusive interview with the North Korean dictator. At this point comes in the CIA organizing the murder of the leader. The plot has provoked a strong reaction of North Korea and, a few days after its release, a raid of piracy in the computer manufacturer at the hands of another group, the Guardians of Peace. On 24 November the cyiberladri stole three terabytes of data including email embarrassing and screenplay for the next 007 Spectre.
According to the US services the attack was orchestrated by the North Koreans but Pyongyang has denied the charges and threatened harsh retaliation if Washington decides to punish the country by inserting it back, as he had suggested Barack Obama, in the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Yesterday Pyongyang is back on the offensive media asking the “worldwide ban ‘film. He did the North Korean embassy in Moscow: “The film is dangerous, justifies and encourages terrorism – the statement – also makes propaganda techniques outrageous and evil to assassinate the leader of a sovereign state.” A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has called the request “understandable” because the film is “aggressively outrageous.” Initially programming from 29 January 2015, the release of The interview in Russia has been postponed indefinitely.
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THE BACKGROUND
The film, threats, attacks
In June, Sony Pictures announces the release of the film The interview, produced by the Japanese giant and distributed by Columbia
The film is a satire on the North Korean regime that tells the daring murder of diattatore North Korea’s Kim Jong-un by two entertainers talk show educated Americans by the CIA
24 November hackers “Guardians of Peace” realize a serious foray into computer Sony stealing data and email embarrassing and threatening terrorist attacks in cinema that will project the film
Sony Pictures blocks the release of the film arousing hot controversy for having taken a step back in the face of threats. Barack Obama intervenes to say that it is wrong to give in to blackmail
American intelligence services suspect that behind the cyber attacks there is North Korea
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