After FBI reveals North Korea was behind Hollywood hack attack, Pres. Obama promises retaliation in cyber-war.
After the FBI revealed its investigation into hack into Sony Pictures by North Korea” Pres. Obama addressed the architects of fear in his press conference.
“Sony is a corporation; it suffered significant damage. There were threats against its employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns that they faced. Having said all that, yes, I think they made a mistake," President Obama told the world.
"NOW, our first order of business is making sure we do everything we can to harden (web) sites and prevent those kinds of attacks from taking place," Obama said.
“I would have told (Sony) do not get into a pattern in which you are intimidated by these kinds of criminal attacks."
As The ENQUIRER reported previously Sony Pictures canceled the release of "The Interview" after five major U.S. theater circuits shelved plans to screen the Seth Rogen and James Franco flick slated for an Xmas day release.
"We cannot have a society in which a dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Because if someone is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary they don't like, or news reports they don't like," the president said.
“I think it says something interesting about North Korea that they decided to have the state mount an all-out assault on a movie studio because (of) a satirical movie starring Seth Rogen. And James Flacco (sic)."
Obama's slip of the tongue, saying NFL-er Flacco for Franco naturally set off the Twitterverse.
