The people behind the series of Sony hack attack are finally confirmed!
According to FBI investigation, it has connected "the malware, infrastructure and techniques a group of hackers called 'Guardians of Peace' used in the Sony attack to previous North Korean cyberattacks." This statement is also linking cyber attacks in March of 2013 in South Korean banks and media outlets.
Last Thursday night, Sony executives received a message, "We want everything related to the movie, including its trailers, as well as its full version down from any website hosting them immediately."
In an exclusive video coverage of CNN on Friday at the Whitehouse press conference, US President made a speech and mentioned, "I am sympathetic to the concerns that they face. Having said all that, yes I think they made a mistake."
The news outlet also got the statement from Chris Dodd, CEO of the lobbying group. He said, "This situation is larger than a movie's release or the contents of someone's private emails. This is about the fact that criminals were able to hack in and steal what has now been identified as many times the volume of all of the printed material in the Library of Congress."
Meanwhile, Deadline reported that Sony Pictures responded to Obama's criticism on CNN. Lynton said in the video, "We have not caved. We have not given in. We have persevered, and we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie."
Read the verbatim statement of Sony CEO Michael Lynton provided by Deadline. Check out also the video.
"Sony Pictures Entertainment is and always has been strongly committed to the First Amendment. For more than three weeks, despite brutal intrusions into our company and our employees' personal lives, we maintained our focus on one goal: getting the film The Interview released. Free expression should never be suppressed by threats and extortion.
The decision not to move forward with the December 25 theatrical release of The Interview was made as a result of the majority of the nation's theater owners choosing not to screen the film. This was their decision.
Let us be clear - the only decision that we have made with respect to release of the film was not to release it on Christmas Day in theaters, after the theater owners declined to show it. Without theaters, we could not release it in the theaters on Christmas Day. We had no choice.
After that decision, we immediately began actively surveying alternatives to enable us to release the movie on a different platform. It is still our hope that anyone who wants to see this movie will get the opportunity to do so."
