'The Interview' North Korea Internet Outage Blamed On Obama, U.S, Calling The President A Monkey
'The Interview' North Korea Internet Outage. After the release of Sony's comedy depicting an assassination attempt on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Christmas day, the release of the movie, 'The Interview' has been blamed on U.S. president Barrack Obama. Initially, Sony stood by its stand of cancelling the film from fear of terror attacks on movie theaters. However, Mr. Obama challenged the entertainment company officials saying failure to release the film was a 'mistake.'
Sony's emails were hacked in November by hackers believed to be working with North Koreans and is presumably a warning for making a movie denigrating North Koreans, like 'The Interview.' However, since posting a video of the film on You Tube, North Koreans are reportedly buying the film on the black market for $50. What was initially just a silly comedy parody of sorts has now becoming a movie of paramount interest, says one report.
The Sony hacking scandal involving emails has escalated with North Korea labeling President Obama as a 'monkey.'
A local Los Angeles news outlet, cbslocal.com reports, "North Korea’s powerful National Defense Commission said Obama was behind the release of Sony Picture’s newly-released comedy “The Interview.” In the movie, actors James Franco and Seth Rogen play characters working on an FBI operative to assassinate North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un.
The Commission also said that Washington is behind the Internet outages of North Korean websites. North Korea was furious over the release of 'The Interview' but denied it was behind the Sony hack attacks.
The commission’s Policy Department told the official Korean Central News Agency in a statement, "“Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest."
