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Sony has had some major headlines this week, executives there are holding their breath as they wait another possible nightmare. one coming apparently on christmas. the hackers who exposed very embarrassing e-mails, salaries, secrets, are now threatening to eat billion-dollar company with a christmas gift. what they say will be the most damning document dump yet. a bigger leak that could lead to more damage to one of the most selected studios in hollywood. more now from cnns pamela brown. >> you ...

Network, thats not your private -- >> if you are using their pipes, what goes through their pipes is open to you. >> bingo. >> you make a great point to keep it professional. when using work e-mail, keep it professional. >> you have to keep that in mind. >> amy pasqual did not get that because she was way off. >> never say something in a work e-mail you wouldnt want somebody else to read out loud in public. and in the sopny case, they started deleting hard drives and e-mail. instead of just circ...

International hub canceled and even more delays. and then there is the ripple effect because of a computer failure. a real life demonstration of how a downed computer system can cripple air travel for thousands and thousands of fliers. >> london, heathrow airport one of the busiest international airport, at a stand-still on friday, no flights going in or out. >> we got the back-up canceled so we had to get out. >> the air base closed after the computer system went down. many planes were diverted...

>> president kim jong-un. >> reporter: sony executives are talking for the first time since the hackers, suspected of being north korean, broke into the companys computer system and published hundreds of e-mails. including e-mails bashing some hollywood elites. pascal is seen here receiving a seemingly frosty reception from jolie. she said, im mostly disappointed in myself. i dont want to be defined by these e-mails after a 30-year career. one e-mail to producer scott rhoden, pascal insinuates t...

>> how close are you to finding the person or persons or the country or whoever is responsible? >> its like putting a puzzle together. we have a lot of pieces of the puzzle now. and people are working day in and day out so that we can find and say who kid this act and find the bad actor. >> was in a problem that the sony computer system had that made them so vuler vulnerable? >> this is a sophisticated attack. as we head yesterday, this is an attack that over 90% of u.s. companies, they estimate...

Backup for the computer. system. and euro control is telling us its a computer failure so we need to get to the bottom of that. has there been a shortening of the computer system that led to a power outage as well? nonetheless, theyre taking this seriously in the sense they want to close the airspace for a number of hours to make sure they get this system back up and running. they have to test it once they get back up and running. i remember during the ash cloud which closed the airspace in 2010...

The last few weeks. >> get back to her. >> not meant to be doing that. >> let me tell but news agency in the last few minutes. >> >> the camera is like -- the camera has a mind of its own. it thinks it has more interesting things. just to prove that was not a fluke, look at this. >> i know which camera i can talk to. let me talk to that camera. you have to love the robotic cameras. >> turn the cameras back. >> i probably have to turn it. >> they are worried i am touching the cameras. i am not to...

Destroyed so many homes last year and killed so many people. that is the biggest fear. this time with the biggest typhoon to hit the entire world this year, with typhoon hagupit. thankfully the eye of the storm passed through, but brought with it a lot of rain and that brings concerns of flooding and landslides. christine. >> thanks for bringing us that story. i know it has not been a comfortable couple days. thank you, saima. north korea says it is not behind the hacking attack on sony. they ...

Someone claiming to represent the hackers and urging the employees to denounce the studio and said their families would be in danger. this is a huge breach for sonys computer last week. >> the fbi is aware and investigating the threatening e-mail. a line said it was sent bite guardians of peace and attacked the sony computer system last week. and some had their social security numbers posted on line. the e-mail said what we have done so far is a small part of our further plan. sign your name to ...

>> reporter: the fbi says its aware and is investigating the threatening e-mails sent to some employees at sony pictures. a line in the e-mail said it was sent by the guardians of peace. the same group that claimed responsibility for attacking sonys computer system last week. and that attack some sony employees had their personal information, including social security numbers posted online. according to variety, the e-mails sent to the employees says, quote, what we have done so far is only a sm...