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Human trafficking on a special edition of amanpour from rome. that starts tuesday at 7 p.m. in london, 8 p.m. central european time only on cnn. well, sony pictures is reportedly looking into whether north korea is behind a massive hack of their computer system. at least five unreleased sony films have appeared online since that attack. sony is about to release a comedy that includes a cia plot to assassinate leader kim jong-un which has angered pyongyang but one expert says this sort of hacki...

Could north korea even carry out such a sophisticated attack? >> they can buy hackers on demand. so can you go out to the free market and you can say, this is what i want to have happen. heres a certain amount of money, just make it happen. >> reporter: experts say kim jong-un like his father is a voracious consumer of western movies but that doesnt mean they can take a joke. >> when they see themselves being ridiculed in these media forms that they love, it must really hurt them more than a san...

Be alone in a room with kim jong-un, and the cia would love it if you could take him out. >> hmm? >> take him up. >> for coffee? >> reporter: when the north koreans got word of the production they called it undisguised terrorism and now new questions about possible retaliation. sony pictures entertainment, the company that produced the movie is dealing with a massive cyberattack. corporate e-mailers have been crippled and screener movies including "fury" soon posted on illicit websites. the inte...

From mandera. cnn affiliate ktn reports about 20 gunmen targeted workers at the site. al shabaab rebels killed 28 people in a bus attack in mandera last month. now, the fbi is putting businesses on alert for a new hacking threat. an official says its the same type of malicious software that infected sonys computer systems just last week. >> yeah, and at least five of sonys unreleased movies have appeared online as a result of that attack. as brian todd report, questions are surfaces about whet...

Didnt it? it said this is an act of war and threatened stern punishment would be meted out. you dont think that possibly plays some part here, that maybe someone outside of north korea but linked to north korea may have a motive here? >> well, like i said its always possible but still it doesnt really seem likely. north korea issues a lot of threats through its state run news agency all the time. threats to the united states, to japan, to south korea, constantly being threatened with things like...

Computer entertainment which is the division of sony that runs the playstation had a massive hack that saw the release of millions of pieces of information from their users, so this is another unfortunate incident for the company. >> that has to be pointed out, not the first time north korea has been accused of cyberattacks like this, but how does this compare or how is it different to these previous accusations? >> well, its certainly not the first time theyve been accused and in the past theyv...

Affected an atm network of a bank. >> martin williams, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. and, of course, we dont know whos behind this cyberhacking. >> thats the follow-up question. who is it? >> the thing is whoever it is, this is a wake-up call to all of these companies, when you think that sony hasnt got themselves secure, then it is a wake-up call and the fbi is saying just be cautious. >> everyone listen up and be careful now. >> absolutely. >> a threat out...