Hong Kong — The chorus of accusations over the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment this weekend developed into a bout of diplomatic baiting and back-biting.
On Sunday China weighed in with commentary suggesting that Sony deserved its fate. That followed a move on Saturday by North Korea to offer a joint investigation with the U.S. The U.S. in turn said that North Korea would best help by owning up to being the state sponsor of the cyber-vandalism.
“Any civilized world will oppose hacker attacks or terror threats. But a movie like ‘The Interview,’ which makes fun of the leader of an enemy of the U.S., is nothing to be proud of for Hollywood and U.S. society,” said an editorial in the Global Times, a tabloid sister paper to China’s official the People’s Daily.
“No matter how the U.S. society looks at North Korea and Kim Jong-un,...
On Sunday China weighed in with commentary suggesting that Sony deserved its fate. That followed a move on Saturday by North Korea to offer a joint investigation with the U.S. The U.S. in turn said that North Korea would best help by owning up to being the state sponsor of the cyber-vandalism.
“Any civilized world will oppose hacker attacks or terror threats. But a movie like ‘The Interview,’ which makes fun of the leader of an enemy of the U.S., is nothing to be proud of for Hollywood and U.S. society,” said an editorial in the Global Times, a tabloid sister paper to China’s official the People’s Daily.
“No matter how the U.S. society looks at North Korea and Kim Jong-un,...
- 12/21/2014
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
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