Ok, if you have been watching the news, or listening to the radio, you couldn’t have missed the news that SONY was hacked again…. If you did miss it, here are some links to bring you up to speed:
http://www.cringely.com/2014/12/10/executive-ego-sony-pictures-network-hack/
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/12/comments_on_the.html
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/12/sony-breach-may-have-exposed-employee-healthcare-salary-data/
Initially Sony decided to pull “the interview”, a film staring Seth Rogan and James Franco due to security concerns after North Korean hackers threatened to cause a 9/11 style attack on theaters that played the film. After much uproar, Sony has decided on a limited release of the film on Christmas day.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/select-movie-theaters-announce-screening-interview/story?id=27790970
***Update***
More thoughts on the subject post release of “the interview”
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/12/north_korea_ddo.html
https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2014/12/the_best_thing_we_ca.html
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/12/did_north_korea.html