Sony Pictures cancelled the release of a comedy on the fictional assassination of North Korea’s leader following cyber-attacks, originating from Pyongyang, that lead to the leaking of UN released films on the internet.
Several theatres due to show the film pulled out after, hackers threatened to attack any theatres that screened the movie, reports Reuters.
“Sony has no further release plans for the film,” a Sony spokesperson said on Wednesday when asked whether there would be a future release of the film.
Though North Korea has denied involvement with the hacking, security experts in Washington have said that it was an open secret that Pyongyang was responsible.
The United States attributing a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures to North-Korea, said it was serious national security matter that would see a proportional response from the Obama administration.
Calling the attacks a “destructive activity with malicious intent that was initiated by a sophisticated actor, the White House spokesman Josh Earnest, said that leaders “would be mindful of the fact that we need a proportional response.”
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