#sonyhack

And so we hear his name again. Don’t worry America, Edward Snowden did not do anything this time. The US Government just discovered some important information tucked away in the plethora of files he released. No biggie.

Word on the cyber-street is that Obama called out North Korea for the SONY attacks because guess who hacked North Korea first? You got it; USA, USA, USA!

Allegedly, back in ‘0? the NSA used South Korean access into the DPRK to activate malware on their networks. The files downloaded by the North Korean hackers did not raise alarm for any of the NSA crime watchers, which is why they never saw the SONY hack coming. However, after analyzing the hack, the NSA was able to provide Obama with enough evidence to prosecute the DPRK as the culprit anyway, thus his quick reaction to the events.

We all know what you are thinking: how could this double hack be of any use to the US if it does not implement prevention? No seriously, what is even the point? To some degree security operations such as these allow for faster recovery and good providers of evidence.

Luckily, the Prez will be talking about cyber security issues tonight, January 20th 2015 at 9:00pm during his sixth State of the Union Address. There will be many bills and executive orders on the table (or so the political spectrum predicts) that will cause speculation by both parties and especially conservative congressmen (cough, cough shocker—cough, cough AKA all of them). Let’s plow forward in 2015 with a hopefully safer internet. Hardy, har, har.

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Sony CEO breaks silence on 'The Interview' hack, praises employees

Sony Corp Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai on Monday praised employees and partners of the company's Hollywood movie studio for standing up to "extortionist efforts" of hackers who attacked Sony Pictures Entertainment in November. In his first public comments on the massive cyberattack, which the U.S. government has blamed on North Korea, Hirai said current and former employees of the studio were "the victims of one of the most vicious and malicious cyberattacks we have known in recent history." The attack debilitated Sony Pictures' computer network in November and led to the online leaks of unreleased movies and embarrassing emails. The company was also criticized for cancelling the release of the comedy "The Interview" after threats from the hackers, before reversing that move following criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama.

Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are lifelines of Sony and our entertainment business.

Sony emails say State Department officials cleared a rough cut of ‘The Interview.’ Now hackers are threatening to bomb any theater that shows it.

Proof in the Mainstream Media of the State Department's Involvement in "The Interview" 

The title of the article says it all:  ”Exclusive: Sony Emails Say State Department Blessed Kim Jong-Un Assassination in ‘The Interview”

In this article the respected periodical The Daily Beast backs up my opinion that Sony worked hand in hand with the State Department to “craft” The Interview.  All my points about Michael Lynton, The Rand Corporation and Bruce Bennett’s involvement in the film are proven to be true through this article.  (This article does not reinforce my theory of VICE’s role in the destabilization of the North Korean Regime.  However, I stand firmly behind the scenario I presented in my previous post.