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Idea that a hack similar to could be sold -- >> you mean the ability to do it? >> the ability to do it could be sold online. anyone could go and click "buy" and be able to carry out this attack and they don't have to be as sophisticated. that's something that is very, very scary. he said much of the material that went into this could have been bought for about $500 online, which is pretty remarkable. >> unreal. brian? >> i was speaking to an executive at sony who wants everybody to know, we are still operating. we are still making movies and able to produce shows. it's pretty hard to overstate...

Message. and that's unprecedented. >> hacking and holding hostage and then blackmailing essential sl ly is what they did. and one other point, to look at all of this, the movie industry is so relatable. the fact that somebody would go almost to war over a movie that perhaps may not have even done that well at the box office? >> it was going to. >> it is rather remarkable that this is north korea's issue. there simply are not enough people -- this is the growth industry. this is the growth industry. >> it's american's freedom of speech that we're talking about. >> that's exactly right. evan per...

Looking to sue sony because they are saying that sony did not do enough to protect their personal information. could they argue negligence, for example? >> they could absolutely argue negligence. negligence requires that someone's standard -- they cut below the standard of care in securing this information. one way to show that someone's behavior was negligent was showing that before this happened the company was aware that this was a problem. in lawsuits we've already seen filed, there is documented evidence that sony had prior attacks and that possibly sony didn't do enough to fix it the fir...

That i have right now has more computer power than the lunar module that landed on the moon. so technology is getting so advanced and so sophisticated that some kid in a basement in the ukraine or russia has capacity that scientists didn't even have 15 years ago and we can't keep up. i don't think the fbi is keeping up with it either because it's moving too fast. >> danny, the smaller issue is, this movie was supposed to be released. could sony be -- they say i was promised a cut. what happens then? >> with any breach of contract, you look at the contract. the similar contracts that i've looke...

To be censored by north korea. >> it's like changing the front door look to your house. it's not going to make a difference. i want to bring in cnn investigator chris frates and jim sciutto. jim, tell me about the statement you received from the justice department. >> it says "we follow the facts and evidence wherever they lead to allow the key boards that threaten our people." "we will continue to protect and defend our nation from the asymmetric threats posed through cyberspac cyberspace cyberspace." that's really an important response. the real question here is how do american companies, li...