Sony Hack: NOT NORTH KOREA

Way to go, Obama!

Way to go, FBI!

Blame North Korea for the Sony hack attack. Why not, right?

Evidence?

Who needs it?

From Politico:

FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack.

Even the unprecedented decision to release details of an ongoing FBI investigation and President Barack Obama publicly blaming the hermit authoritarian regime hasn’t quieted a chorus of well-qualified skeptics who say the evidence just doesn’t add up.

...The FBI says it is standing by its conclusions, but the security community says they’ve been open and receptive to help from the private sector throughout the Sony investigation.

Norse, one of the world’s leading cyber intelligence firms, has been researching the hack since it was made public just before Thanksgiving.

Norse’s senior vice president of market development said that just the quickness of the FBI’s conclusion that North Korea was responsible was a red flag.

“When the FBI made the announcement so soon after the initial hack was unveiled, everyone in the [cyber] intelligence community kind of raised their eyebrows at it, because it’s really hard to pin this on anyone within days of the attack,” Kurt Stammberger said in an interview as his company briefed FBI investigators Monday afternoon.

Oh, goody!

Another apology tour for Obama?

De Blasio and the Cops

I think it may be easier to convince people that Comrade Kim Jong-un is "pro-Sony" than convincing ppl that Comrade #DeBlasio is "pro-cop"

— FoxNews.Commie (@FoxNewsCommie) December 22, 2014

Obama: 'Sony Made a Mistake'

Obama's latest lamest statement:

OBAMA: I think [Sony] made a mistake... I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them do not get into a pattern in which you're intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks.

Oh, good grief.

So Sony should not have cancelled the Christmas Day opening of The Interview?

OK.

Obama says he's "sympathetic" about Sony's worries regarding "liabilities and this and that and the other."

What does that mean?

Would Obama have issued an executive order declaring Sony free of responsibility?

Exactly how would calling Obama have changed the way this played out?

Breitbart reports that Sony DID call the White House. Sony was in contact with the administration.

[Sony Pictures CEO Michael] Lynton reacted to Obama’s comment that he wished Sony had reached out to them. “We definitely spoke to a senior advisor in the White House to talk about the situation. The fact is, did we talk to the president himself? … The White House was certainly aware of the situation.”

That makes Obama really look like a buffoon.

Bottom line: The North Korean government was responsible for this cyberattack. Our government should respond.

Obama's Monday morning quarterback routine is thoroughly inadequate.

Obama and James Flacco

Our brilliant president...



If a Republican official called James Franco "Flacco," it would be grounds to doubt his ability to serve.

Of course, when Obama flubs up, it's OK because he's a genius.

Just ask Michael Beschloss how smart Obama is. He'll tell you.



How embarrassing!

North Korea Sony Hack: Pulling 'The Interview' Cowardly?

From ABC News:

The U.S. government has taken the big step of publicly branding the North Korean regime as the driving force behind the massive cyber-attack on Sony Pictures that has paralyzed the film company and raised fears of terrorist attacks inside the United States.

In a rare, official statement issued today, the FBI said it "now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions.”

So it's official.

North Korea leveled an attack against a private U.S. corporation and won.

What will Obama do about it?

Tell us to go to the movies.

The Hollywood elite and others are complaining that the opening of The Interview has been cancelled.

Hollywood Hits Twitter To Vent Anger About ‘The Interview’ Being Pulled

It's very easy to whine about giving in to terrorist threats when your involvement isn't much more than typing out 140 characters on Twitter.

I don't blame theaters for protecting themselves from liability.

Yes, Hollywood is folding. What's the alternative? Risk violence?

If the people complaining about giving in to terrorists are willing to pay damages if God forbid someone was killed or injured in an attack on a theater, if they would put their money where their mouths are, I would have more respect for their comments.

Yes, succumbing to a threat is not good.

What's the altenative in this case?

People will see the movie eventually. I have no doubt about that.

Sony Hack: North Korean Government Responsible

North Korea attacked a U.S. interest.

From NBC News:

U.S. officials have concluded that the North Korean government ordered the hacking attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment — a breach that led to the studio cancelling the planned release of "The Interview" — and a U.S. official told NBC News that the country "can't let this go unanswered."

The officials told NBC News the hacking attack originated outside North Korea, but they believe the individuals behind it were acting on orders from the North Koreans.

"We have found linkage to the North Korean government," according to a U.S. government source.

An official said the U.S. is discussing what form a response could take, and couldn't detail what options the government has available.

The security breach embarrassed several high-profile Sony executives and led to the studio cancelling the Dec. 25 release of "The Interview," a comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco that depicts a fictional assassination attempt on North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

What will the U.S. response to North Korea's attack be?

HAHAHAHAHA

North Korea and the rest of the world know Obama won't do anything.

North Korea's cyberattack worked. They won.

The Interview is not being released on Christmas Day.

I don't like that the studio and theaters buckled. However, I understand why they did. If the movie opened and there was an attack, they would be sued like crazy.

Before this North Korean hack, I wonder how many people would have been aware of The Interview. You can't buy this kind of publicity. It's guaranteed to be a hit, eventually.

In the meantime, we look helpless, because in this case, we are.



I don't know why Sony chose to use a real leader, Kim Jong-un, in the film. Joking about assassinating a real person is not a good idea.

Why not at least use a fictional nation and alter the leader's name to take a bit of the edge off, albeit very slightly, like in The Great Dictator?

It's interesting that commercials promoting The Interview are still running even though the opening is cancelled.

I just saw one, December 18, 2014.