Sony Attack
1.Sony recently was attacked by North Korea. What caused them to attack Sony?
2.What is your opinion on North Koreas actions?
3.How would you handle their problem with the movie "The Interview"?
4. What security measures do you think Sony should start using?
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1. They attacked Sony because they released the Interview. A movie about assassinating Kim Jong-un, which North Korea took as an act of terrorism.
ReplyDelete2. North Korea is the equivalent of a small child. The big kids are making fun of them, so they scream and yell to they are herd by others. Unfortunately, that's what everyone is making fun of them for because they don't do it very well. In this case they were careless, and forgot to do important things like rerouting the messages as well as logging onto social media (like why..)
3. I haven't seen the movie so I can't say how offensive it really is. I think a country should wait to see the movie and then decide. North Korea on the other hand, threatened Sony and the US as a whole as soon as the movie was simply announced.
4. Sony doesn't do good with security. They should get a whole new staff, but apparently it was easy to find the attack this time. So they can get another chance.
1. There was a group who was mad about the Interview movie, because they thought the movie was an act of terrorism.
ReplyDelete2. I don't care at all, I don't know what they said on the posts but short of threatening a country or someone's lives it really wouldn't matter to me at all.
3. I would do nothing, I never would have watched the movie if N. Korea didn't make a fuss about it and I'm sure thousands of others wouldn't have either. The movie had no political motive and no subliminal messaging, it made Americans look just as stupid, if not more so, than the Koreans, and there bringing their extreme control over their people to the direct attention of Western media was a dumb idea, and nobody would have cared if it weren't for that. There was no real information in that movie that everybody did not already know.
4. I don't think it's a big deal, I don't care either, if the "hackers" were stealing customer information that would be different, but it sounds like all they did was send messages. So I don't think they should take any security measures, nothing of even minimal importance happened.
1) Sony was attacked due to their semi-new movie, "The Interview"
ReplyDelete2) I do not believe either party was in the right here. A movie created with the main plot point of killing a real person is never a good idea. North Korea should have battled the movie in ways that were logical and with the rules, not by hacking into servers in an attempt to take matters into their own hands.
3) I would most likely block all connections from North Korea to the server. Their audience is not really in that area anyways.
4) There is no particular security measure Sony should follow, as if people want to get in, they will. Sony hasn't had a problem with the public, only a government, so anything they do to improve security will just be bypassed somehow if North Korea really wants to keep getting in.
1. Sony was going to release the movie the interview but North Korea attack their servers.
ReplyDelete2. I think it was a big mistake for them to do this because it shows that they really care about what people say about them. In my opinion they should have completely ignored this movie and the producers. Being North Korea they threatened people and hacked Sony servers which is never good.
3. Like I said I would completely ignore Sony and the movie The Interview
4. I would tighten down security on their severs (obviously). I would also not make such controversial movies but then again that's all up to Sony.
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1. The Sony Corporation's servers were recently broken into by New Korean hackers. The reason the hackers did this was because the movie called "The Interview" was about to be released. The hackers claimed that if this movie was released to the public it would disrupt world peace.
ReplyDelete2. Personally, I believe North Korea is just trying to get attention. The country is extremely poor and secluded from the rest of the world. I'm guessing that North Korean hackers did this to protect their nation from becoming a laughing matter. North Korea simply wants other countries to respect and fear them. However, neither of those will happen because of their ridiculous actions and empty threats.
3. I would investigate any possible threats North Korea could act upon and take measures based on those. Also, I might add extra security to the theaters showing "The Interview." Or, Sony could simply release the movie online.
4. Sony should encrypt their data better, teach their staff proper security measures, make their passwords more complicated, and make their servers more secure. Or, Sony could just avoid making movies that cause entire countries to get mad.
1. sony was going to release the interview a movie about assassinating north Koreas leader.
ReplyDelete2.The north koreans actions were stupid and petty but not surprising for a countrie with such a bad track record. They try and try to be taken seriously but its stuff like this that make sthe rest of the world see them as joke.
3.I would do absolutely nothing they can deal with the fact that the movie is out. its a stupid comedy but out by stupid comedians if they cant see that then there really no advanced enough for us to call them a country.
4.They should start completely over rand hire a private security firm to redo there entire security network so that hopefully its much more secure.
1.Sony recently was attacked by North Korea. What caused them to attack Sony?
ReplyDeleteSony Entertainment was about to release a comedy movie that depicted the assassination of the North Korean supreme leader along with some insight into how awful of a place North Korea was.
2.What is your opinion on North Koreas actions?
It's not surprising that they would do something of this sort, they want the world to fear them or at least give them some respect so it's understandable they would hate a movie that makes fun of their country and leader. Hacking the servers was the best option they would take because their country can't do a whole lot anyways.
3.How would you handle their problem with the movie "The Interview"?
The problem with this sort of thing is this, do you take the risk in showing the movie because of "freedom of speech" and whatnot, or do you realize that there is a possibility that N. Korea could potentially harm American citizens? If a country is threatening the lives of people over a movie I would of pulled the movie or had it available to purchase or rent online which is pretty much what Sony Entertainment did with the exception of a few select theaters. If you take the risk of offending a hostile country then you have to realize that they might retaliate back. It's like the "prank" videos on YouTube, you can't just harm someone and then yell "it's a prank" and get away with it.
4. What security measures do you think Sony should start using?
Sony needs to completely redo their entire security infrastructure. From the PSN hacks to this, I know it's different companies all under the same name but they really need to get a grip of their server security to avoid constantly being hacked.
1.Sony recently was attacked by North Korea. What caused them to attack Sony?
ReplyDeleteThey were provoked by the recent release of "The Interview". They were clearly upset about its content mostly involving the assassination of Kim jong un. They gave the reason that the movie’s release would disrupt world peace.
2.What is your opinion on North Korea’s actions?
Well, to be honest, it was not North Korea that did it. North Korea is not a person that could take an action. It was anonymous people in North Korea that did it. It really could have been anyone. It could have been government officials or maybe just some sort of activist working from his garage. Somebody got offended and wanted to retaliate. Simple as that.
3.How would you handle their problem with the movie "The Interview"?
I don’t see how Sony didn’t see this coming, to be honest. If they are going to make a comedy about assassinating a living ruler they know it will generate drama. Ultimately that is why they made it. If I were sony I would not have made such a controversial movie in the first place and spent the money on making a real movie.
4. What security measures do you think Sony should start using?
I am sure they already have many security measures in place. Hackers just found one spot where someone slipped up and made a vulnerability. No matter how tight your security is there is no way to guarantee the safety of a system.
1. North Korea attacked Sony due to the release of the hit film "The Interview". In the movie, the North Korean dictator was assassinated. Also, the movie showed how terrible of a place North Korea was. This upset them, and they came back and hacked Sony.
ReplyDelete2. My opinion is that North Korea accurately displays how immature, corrupt, and terrible they are, themselves. And for America to make a comedy about, does not seem too mature either. North Korea's actions were to far in extent that we need to counter them.
3. I would handle the problem by making the movie illegal in the United States. Although it is comedy, it could help lead to war, or international conflict. (As seen with this specific situation)
4. Sony should just learn from this, and update their security measures upon it. Every time someone breaks in, it points out a gap. All you have to do now, is patch that gap.