SONY hacked… what should i read to get the real story

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://deadline.com/2014/12/george-clooney-sony-hollywood-cowardice-north-korea-cyberattack-petition-1201329988/

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

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-the-inteview-screenings-alamo-drafthouse-movie-20141223-story.html

***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