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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:14 PM Dec 2014

Any chance the hacking of Sony was actually a viral media ad campaign for The Interview? [View all]

Does anyone think that maybe there was no hack? That the released emails were fakes and that the whole thing was made up to get publicity for the movie?

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Any chance the hacking of Sony was actually a viral media ad campaign for The Interview? [View all] oberliner Dec 2014 OP

No, how could you even think that? tradewinds Dec 2014 #1

I think there was a hack... NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #2

this nt arely staircase Dec 2014 #10

and i thought i was being imaginative blaming it on walt disney. unblock Dec 2014 #3

There was definitely a hack, just not by North Korea rocktivity Dec 2014 #4

My bet's still on the hapless reaction by Sony execs to branding and imaging. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #5

Highly unlikely VScott Dec 2014 #6

Given the accompanying other damaging disclosures from Sony execs, no. jberryhill Dec 2014 #7

what else could NPR blab about endlessly ? olddots Dec 2014 #8

The Creative Speculation police will be here shortly to remind you Rex Dec 2014 #9

Considering that some of the files uploaded to torrent sites were being seeded on Sony servers... 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #11

Corporations are cowardly. You're not describing a stunt, you're describing fraud. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #12

Yeah - I guess it is a bit much oberliner Dec 2014 #13

Sony doesn't have the talent to do this nichomachus Dec 2014 #14

It just seems to be turning out quite fortuitously oberliner Dec 2014 #15