Sony Pictures hackers make their biggest threat yet: "Remember the 11th of September 2001"
Over the past several weeks, a hacker group calling itself “GOP” or “Guardians of Peace” has been leaking devastating amounts of data about Hollywood mega-studio Sony Pictures onto the Internet, along with vague, threatening messages about further leaks to come.
On Tuesday, the group (or someone purporting to be the group) made its gravest threat yet, singling out Sony Pictures’ controversial North Korea comedy “The Interview” by name for the first time, and promising a “bitter fate” to “those who seek fun in terror.” It’s been an especially bad day for the studio – earlier, two former Sony Pictures employees filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that their personal data was exposed due to insufficient security practices. And now, with the threat of violence against people who see “The Interview” in theaters, the group has escalated its retaliatory stance.
The new e-mail from GOP reads:
Warning