As you have undoubtedly heard, Sony has decided to cancel the release of their controversial film The Interview. Theyve done this because of a single, vague threat that is tantamount to something weve all seen at one time or another on an IRC channel and not thought twice about. By focusing on this threat, however, Sony can attempt to extricate itself from the controversy and the immensely stupid movie plot it agreed to produce - and blame the whole thing on hackers, albeit North Korean ones. (They might also escape liability for their inadequate computer security by claiming the massive compromise of their systems was equivalent to a terrorist act. But thats another story, or possibly a whole new movie.) In their gross generalization, and with the help of the mass media, the entire hacker community is being painted with a very broad and dark brush.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 12:48:02 +0000
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