North Korea suspected of cyber film theft

Sony Pictures Entertainment is investigating to determine if hackers working on behalf of North Korea might be responsible for a cyber attack that knocked out the studio’s computer network and copies of five movies being leaked online.

The attack occurred before the release by Sony of The Interview. The movie is a comedy about two journalists who are recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The North Korean government denounced the film as “undisguised sponsoring of terrorism, as well as an act of war” in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in June.