It seems a little odd that a bunch of hackers would even threaten that... I would think a more hacker-ish threat would be more credible.
________________________________ From: Af [af-boun...@afmug.com] on behalf of Jason McKemie via Af [af@afmug.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:19 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Question on the Sony Hack How much of a physical violence threat are a bunch of hackers though? Not the most threatening demographic from that standpoint... On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Tushar Patel via Af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote: I was thinking on same line but I am sure they must have got some credible threat to act like this. Tushar On Dec 17, 2014, at 7:28 PM, Jason McKemie via Af <af@afmug.com<UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote: On a side note, I can't believe movie theaters as well as Sony capitulated to these dumbasses in regards to "The Interview". Isn't that tantamount to negotiating with a terrorist? On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, Nate Burke via Af <af@afmug.com<UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote: I've only been following loosely with what I hear on the radio, but it sound like there was a lot of data stolen (multiple gig's from the sound of it). The Last update I heard was that the hack originated from a hotel Wifi connection in china somewhere. How were they able to transfer that much data in a short enough time that it wasn't discovered and stopped? Did the hotel have a blazing fast network? Something with getting that amount of data in such a short time dosen't seem to add up.
