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This cyberattack on sony over the seth rogen james franco comedy, "the interview." the united states blaming hackers working directly for north korea. an official announcement could come as early as today on that. sony is under fire for pulling the movie about the assassination of the north korean leader before it hit theaters christmas day. that shutdown followed an online threat of a 9/11-style attack saying remember 9/11 at these movie theaters showing this film which then prompted the biggest theater chains to yank it deciding not to show the film. you check twitter and you saw actor rob l...

Led most major theater chains to drop the film. announcement from u.s. officials could come as soon as today. we are learning that federal law enforcement agencies received internal warns about the threat to theaters, but the fbi did not issue a bulletin because they did not believe the hackers posed a real threat. president obama seemed so echo that view in an interview. >> the cyber attack is very serious. we're investigating it and taking it seriously. we'll be vigilant. if we see something that is serious and credible, we will alert the public. for now, my recommendation is people go to th...

Violence that led most theater chains to drop the film. the announcement from u.s. officials could come as soon as today. we are learning that federal law enforcement agencies received internal warnings, but the fbi did not issue a bulletin because it did not believe that the hackers posed a real threat. president obama seemed to back that view in an interview. let's listen. >> the cyber attack is very serious. we are investigating it and taking it seriously. we will be vigilant. if we see something that is credible, we will alert the public. for now, my recommendation is people see the movies...

"interview." they may never release it in any form. this comes as u.s. officials prepare to announce they have determined that north korea is behind the huge cyber attack on sony and perhaps the threat of violence that led most major theater chains to drop the film. that announcement could come as soon as today. we are also learning this morning that the federal law enforcement agencies received internal warnings about the threat to theaters, but the fbi did not issue a bulletin because it did not believe the hackers posed a real threat. president obama seemed to back that view in an interview...

Closer to combat. >> so we have that. i would be remiss if i didn't ask what's happening with north korea. united states set to accuse north korea of cyberterrorism. we're hearing this announcement will come later today blaming hackers working for north korea for the attack on sony pictures. u.s. officials believe the attack was ordered directly by leadership in north korea in retaliation for this comedy, this seth rogen film supposed to come out christmas day, "the interview." the crux of this is ultimately ending with assassination of kim jong-un coupled with an online threat of a 9/11 style...