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Year. But first, the nightline five. Good evening. President obama came down hard on sony today after pulling the upcoming movie the interview from theaters. Some of hollywoods biggest stars agree it was a mistake. Heres tom llamas. Yes, i think they made a mistake. I wish they had spoken to me first. I would have told them, do not get into a pattern in which youre intimidated by these criminal attacks. We can not have a society in which some dictator can start imposing censorship in the united states. Reporter then the sony ceo fired back on cnn. We have not caved, weve persevered and not backed down. We have always had everybody desire to have the American Public see this movie. Want to kill kim jongun . Its a date. Reporter the comedy starring seth rogen and james franco features an assassination plot to kill kim jongun. Well, i love them, but this gives you an idea of what were facing here. Reporter earlier this week, they told George Stephanopoulos they have no regrets. Did you ever imagine you would have a storm like this . The movie itself is very silly and wasnt meant to be controversial in any way. Reporter but since the threats were issued, they declined to comment. On november 24th, sonys Computer Systems were hacked. This was not just designed to steal sensitive information. It has the purpose of destroying the computers of the company. Reporter personal emails were placed online, embarrassing celebrities. And the inspiration for olivia pope is advising sony. But the hackers have threatened people that see the film. It feels like censorship to them. This is a rock and a hard place situation. The liability issues they could face if something happens. You have issues of freedom meeting issues of safety. Reporter and the decision not to release the movie was because theaters said they would not run the film. But the damage is already done. Judd apatow saying, i cant believe this. Even Newt Gingrich saying that no one should kid themselves. America has lost its first cyber war. George clooney issued a rallying cry, saying we shouldnt be told we cant see something by kim jongun of all people. Its insane. This is not going to just be one. Its going to be all. Its an industry. Reporter clooney believes its time for the industry to stand united against these threats. Circulating a petition to ask sony to release the film. But he couldnt get one person to sign on. People were like, i cant handle this liability and we dont want to get caught in these cross hairs ourselves. Reporter and in a statement, the agency said, the destructive nature of the attack sets it apart. Sony is not alone in not being wellprepared to defend its networks. Its a wakeup call for companies in the united states. Reporter and president obama says they will respond. So, how do we protect ourselves Going Forward . More young people entering into programs to help protect ourselves and our networks. Reporter this is one professor teaching just that. He believes the best way to stop hackers is to beat them at their own game. We need to teach people to do this so they can identify the vulnerabilities before the bad guys. Reporter at this hackathon, theyre applying this to real life. Competing to develop their skills to possibly stop the next cyber attack. For sony, the damage has already been done. Losing a significant portion of the 44 million it cost to make the interview. 47,000 employees were affected. Reporter and sony may have to fight back, or be hacked into hollywood history. For nightline, im tom llamas in los angeles. Next, well find out if there really is such a thing as a free vacation, or if it could cost you instead. And later, its the most wonderful time of the year for retailers. Now raking it in by going hightech. Heres your invoice, ladies. A few stops later, and it looks like big ollie is on the mend. It might not seem that glamorous having an old pickup truck for an office. 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If youre wishing for a new volkswagen this season. Just about all you need is a finely tuned. Pen. Get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on select new volkswagen models. Its the promise of free airplane tickets arrived to your house tomorrow, you may think it was a holiday miracle. But we were skeptical, and decided to track them down. Guess what happened . Heres Rebecca Jarvis. Reporter tis the season for traveling. So, when tickets showed up in the mailbox, it may seem like holiday cheer. Im just going to ask them a couple of questions. Tonight, were on a mission to track the free vacation runaround. So, where its the free trip . We got this note. Our thenexecutive producer received a letter congratulating him on a dream vacation. You will get two nights at a marriott hotel. The value is up to 1,398. Sounds pretty good. Reporter when we googled their phone number, we got this. Complaints. And it all goes to that phone number that were about to call. So, we decided to schedule an appointment with this mystery company. I received a letter about some free tickets. Reporter to claim our free trip. So, i come, stay for the presentation, i get two tickets. We sent two abc news producers wearing hidden cameras to get the tickets. The location, in brooklyn, new york. Good afternoon, how is everybody doing . All right, all right. Reporter it starts with him congratulating everybody for being invited. This is a presentation about vacation and travel. Reporter we find a relentless sales pitch that lasts more than 90 minutes. If this doesnt save you one nickel, then dont buy. But i think you will be impressed. Reporter at the conclusion, they come in to close the deal on packages that cost thousands of dollars. Were not going to sign up. Sorry. Reporter but thats not enough. Theyre moved to three different locations with three different sales people, each trying to get us to sign up. Congratulations, welcome aboard. Reporter two hours later, were still emptyhanded. Were eventually given these vouchers for a free trip. So far, its only cost us two hours spent at the seminar. But theres more. We have to send in money to get the vouchers. Thats not a trip. Well, its an activation form to get more offers, asking for more money. Reporter an activation form. Thats right, 15 days later, we didnt get tickets, but instead a solicitation for more money. Its been about two months, now weve tracked them down in new jersey, and were going meet them and ask them a few questions. I understand theyre in the basement right now preparing for the presentations. Were just going to go in and ask them a couple of questions. When we first walked in, we saw familiar faces from the first seminar. Im Rebecca Jarvis with abc news. We were left with this guy who calls himself thorne. We were told we qualified for complimentary travel. Then asked to pay 150 for that. We did pay, but didnt get any complimentary travel. We were sent these. Is this a ticket . These are ser ticertificates reporter is that my ticket . He dodges our questions and cant seem to explain why the free trip costs so much money. Im not seeing any free tickets. Where are the Complimentary Tickets . Ill be forward with you. We give a 90minute presentation. If you attended it, this is fine. Reporter the Company Claims the gifts are fulfilled by an outside company. Ill be frank with you. Thats what this say. Reporter the new York Attorney general says thirdparty companies are a sign of trouble. They make it hard by changing their names to track them down. Reporter we sent them the money, got them. Then we were told to pay 59 a person. Which was identified reporter but thats not complimentary. You have to jump through hoops. Reporter correct. How many hoops do you jump through . You follow the instructions. Provided all instructions are followed. You got these. As long as you follow these individual instructions, you will receive two tickets for anywhere in the continental united states. Reporter he or anyone else got back to us. We still dont have that hotel stay or tickets we were promised. Now, weve been offered a new deal. A new opportunity to do more business with this company. But still, no tickets or hotel. If someone is calling you up or emailing you with something that seems too good to be true, its probably not true. Reporter Rebecca Jarvis, for nightline, in new york. Next, time for super saturday, companies are revolutionizing their sales. What are you doing . The dishes are clean. I just gotta scrape the rest of the food off them. Ew. Dish issues . Cascade platinum powers through your toughest messes better than the competition the first time. Cascade. Now thats clean. Theres a secret in every ricola drop. 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But you can only get that in new york city. So, for all you delinquent gifters, those oldtime brick and Mortar Stores are your best bet. And theyre bringing the ease of Online Shopping to their store. You can scan what you want and they bring it to your dressing room. And lowes is experimenting with robot sales people. A this is the big thing that is going to revolutionize retail. Yeah, this is a big part of it. Reporter this giant touch screen lets you bring clothes to your dressing room, even order a drink. And the dressing room recognizes clothes instantly with rfid tags. It will channel it here to let you know what you brought into the fitting room. Reporter need another size . You never need to run through the store in your underwear. You can even adjust the lighting. There we go. Very nice. So, whether you spend it running around or clicking around the web, take heart. Shoppers are winning the traditional faceoff this season. Rebecca jarvis in new york. Im officially a part of nightline now, joining dan and juju at the desk. You can always reach us at abcnews. Com. Good night, america. Thanks for watching. All the hassle that comes with thouselling or trading in. Of we make selling your car, truck or suv, fast, safe and fair with three simple steps one get your free online valuation. Two drive to your local carbuying center. Three walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. Buying cars is all we do. All makes and models and no dealership pressure well even settle your loan or lease. So, dont wait. Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com. Welcome to inside the eagle im your host jon dorenbos with my man, donnie jones to day we will hang out with number 42 special teams ace chris mara goes and we will learn a little bit