MASSIVE HACK: The Interview was scheduled for a Christmas Day release before Sony became the target of the biggest cyberattack in US corporate history.
TOKYO: Sony said it was asking Japanese regulators for permission to delay its earnings release next month after a cyberattack at its Hollywood film unit compromised “a large amount of data”.
The Japanese firm said its US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) subsidiary will not have time to put together its financial statements after the attack, linked to its controversial North Korea satire The Interview, which has been widely blamed on Pyongyang.
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