The image above comes from a leaked clip from The Interview, the cancelled-on-account-of-cyberterrorism film created by the guys who made and starred in Pineapple Express (decent) and This is The End (not so much). It’s the scene where “Beloved Leader” goes down it flames when his helicopter takes some anti aircraft fire, all to the tune of a slow cover of Katy Perry’s Firework.
Here’s the clip — enjoy it before the chickenshits at Sony issue a takedown notice:
You might ask: would there really a threat to the public if Sony had gone ahead and let The Interview play in theatres as planned on Christmas Day? Here’s what an actual cybersecurity/cyberwar expert has to say:
We need to distinguish between threat and capability—the ability to steal gossipy emails from a not-so-great protected computer network is not the same thing as being able to carry out physical, 9/11-style attacks in 18,000 locations simultaneously. I can’t believe I’m saying this. I can’t believe I have to say this.
This group has not shown the capability to do that. Sony is rueing any association it has with the movie right now. We are not in the realm of 9/11. Did movie chains look at the reality of the threat? Or did the movie theater chains utterly cave in? This is beyond the wildest dreams of these attackers.