difficult spot as well. will rippley explains kwhie. -- why. right now, we're driving up to sony headquarters here in tokyo. this is where the company's top executives work. and inside that building right now, they're dealing with a major crisis. a humiliating cyberattack on their u.s. subsidiary. hackers calling themselves guardians of peace leaked embarrassing, sensitive insider information. they're promising more punishment on christmas day when sony ask s set to release the "the interview." the comedy is about two journalists killing kim jong un, north korea's supreme leader, reportedly infuriated. his top officials call the movie an act of war. >> obviously he's upset with the movie depicting the assassination of their leard and the ceo of sony was directly involved. >> temple university asian studies professor jeff kingston