President Obama on Sunday stood by his criticism of Sony for pulling the movie “The Interview” after the company was hacked and threats were made against theaters set to show the movie.
“Sometimes this is a matter of setting a tone, and being very clear that we’re not going to be intimidated by some cyberhackers,” Obama said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” that aired on Sunday.
When CNN’s Candy Crowley asked the president if the hacks carried out by North Korea were an “act of war,” he said they were not.
“It was an act of cybervandalism,” Obama said.
Watch part of the interview via CNN:
i don’t know… there’s alot floating around out there suggesting that the fbi really screwed up on this one, and it isn’t north korea that’s responsible.
"Candy Crowley asked the president if the hacks carried out by North Korea were an “act of war”
Dear Lord.
Against whom- Japan? A multinational corporation? One of its subsidiaries?
Now, if we were talking about Stuxnet…
Yeah, there’s also a lot floating around that says 9-11 was an inside job.
Some people love to stir shit up.
“An act of war” is so much sexier than the realization that Sony doesn’t have the necessary programs to protect against cyber hacks.
It may well be a ‘war’ on Sony but the US Government is not in the business of defending foreign corporations against cyber attacks. Where was the outrage when my credit card info was stolen from Home Depot, forcing the CC company to close my account and issue a new card? Fortunately the card company caught someone trying to buy shoes in Calif while I was gassing the car in Pa thus putting an end to this.