That alone really pokes a hole in the official narrative.
http://regmedia.co.uk/2014/12/08/sony_hack.jpg
http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sonypi...
These are the two original defaces on Sony's computer systems. Neither mention money, just vague "obey our demands or we will expose all your data". The first one explicitly mentions a "great effort to peace of the world", in line with the name "Guardians of Peace".
Why would a disgruntled insider make something up about world peace if they just wanted money?
Not saying that means it's necessarily North Korea, but I'm pretty sure the actors either had The Interview as a real motive, or used the movie as a pretext, from day 1.
Why would someone extorting a company attempt to be deceptive? We're really asking that question?
>It's worth noting that the original demand of the hackers was for money from Sony in exchange for not releasing embarrassing information. There was no mention of the movie "The Interview"
It very well could be an extortionist, but I think they clearly intended to give the impression that it was allegedly about The Interview, first subtly then explicitly. No public message, or leaked private message, was ever released that showed the hackers asking for money. It is possible they sent a private demand for money to Sony which has yet to be released, but that would just be speculation.
Their group name, constant requests to "preserve world peace", releasing all sorts of movies and scripts except anything relating to The Interview, and then explicitly calling The Interview a "movie of terrorism" seems to show that they intended to use the movie as a bargaining chip from day 1.
>We’ve got great damage by Sony Pictures.
>The compensation for it, monetary compensation we want.
>Pay the damage, or Sony Pictures will be bombarded as a whole.
>You know us very well. We never wait long.
>You’d better behave wisely.
>From God’sApstls
So she is Russian. How convenient. We can blame NK and Russia.
> Lena Söderberg (born 31 March 1951 in Sweden)
My conspiracy theory is devastated.
>data is pointing towards a woman who calls herself "Lena" [...] someone who worked at Sony in Los Angeles for ten years until leaving the company this past May.
So we may actually get a proper answer as to who did it. Maybe.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-the-fbi-get-it-wrong-on-nort...