Sony is company that has their hand in almost all forms of entertainment and electronics. What started as the manufacturer of cassette players and camcorders now has music, gaming systems, movies, and cell phones. So one would think that the movie division of the company wouldn't be as important as say gaming would be terribly wrong. The North Korea cyber attack on the company put a huge strain financially on the film division because it exposed all plans, thoughts, and remarks the former CEO was sending out in email to others.
It's crazy how in this day and age billion dollar companies can get hacked by major governments over silly ideas. And that's what happen to Sony with the film "The Interview" that poked fun at the culture and beliefs of North Korea. Because of the emails being put out for the public to see on the internet hurt the company because of sensitive information about future film projects that the company had invested millions of dollars into. This wasn't the first time Sony had been hacked because the Playstation Network was also hacked a few years ago and cost the company even more millions.
The new CEO has reflected on these attacks and even stated that you need to close the inboxes and start picking up phones. With the growing dependence of technology of the American people if a nation gets mad at us about a film coming out and tries to ruin a company, what would another nation do to us over different issues?
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