Sony Pictures claims 'Nork mega-hack attack' cost it just $15 million

Fact or White house fiction

"US authorities, meanwhile, insist that the attack was an organized operation by the government of North Korea, allegedly in retaliation for the Nork-baiting James Franco and Seth Rogan vehicle The Interview."

I can understand the Norks hacking the FBI headquarters, Langley or the Pentagon, now that would make sense but hacking Sony...cmon.. either this is not the whole story or it was just media promotion for a shitty movie.

Some things are surprising, some aren't.

They still claim it's the NORK's yet unless the NORK's were really cash strapped, would they have demanded money early on? I'm still not buying "the NORK's did it".

What is surprising is that SONY sold off the Online Entertainment division instead of this one. Although, it's probable that the Pictures Division may go next. The lash back about root kits, etc. was a bad enough slap to them. This division is running right up there in the embarrassment factor.

Unfortunately, I saw The Interview. It was free on Netflix so I figured what the heck.

All I can say is that I sent a bill to sony for my time. Horrible Horrible Horrible.

It should cost WAY more than $15m.

With some 47,000 unique social security numbers slurped, that is at least 47,000 who have had at least some details slurped.

$15m is $320 for each of those people. So yeah, $15m is getting off rather lightly, if it is indeed even close to accurate.

Interesting admission

The Interview cost over $40 million to produce, and made under $7 million at the box office. An extra $15 million would still only have it making half its production cost, and most of that wouldn't even go to Sony. So, Sony have effectively admitted that The Interview was a shit film that was never going to come close to making any money.