James Franco and Seth Rogen star in "The Interview"
According to reports, Sony, is going to lose $1
billion dollars in the fallout of the series of hacks it has
experienced, purportedly due to the film "The Interview." Though no
nation has directly accepted responsibility for the hacks,
North Korea is being blamed, as "The Interview" is a movie about the
murder of their head of state, Kim Jong-un.
The hack unleashed 5 expensive unreleased Sony
movies, the social security numbers of 47,000 of its employees, as
well as medical records, financial data and over 20,000 emails
between executives at the company. After the limited theatrical and
online release of "The Interview" that defied threats of retaliation
against America, Sony's PlayStation accounts were extensively
hacked, customers' were unable to use the service and their
financial data was illegally obtained. The financial damages
continue to mount.