Hackers invoke 9/11 in chilling new Sony threat


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 17 Dec 2014

THREATENING: "Guardians of Peace" hackers invoked the 9/11 attacks in their most chilling threat yet against Sony Pictures, warning the Hollywood studio not to release a film which has angered North Korea.

LOS ANGELES: Hackers invoked the 9/11 attacks in their most chilling threat yet against Sony Pictures, warning cinema-goers not to see a film which has angered North Korea. 

The threat — which was downplayed by US authorities — came as lawyers filed a class action suit against the embattled studio, claiming it had failed to protect employees’ data, stolen in a massive cyberattack three weeks ago. 

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