'ey, 'ow is everyone?
What've I bin upta? 'ad rellies over, 'ay. Bin sittin' 'round, gasbaggin', watchin' cricket onna telly, feedin' me gob; reckon I mighta gained 'bout ten kilos, 'n' me grammar's maybe slippin' a bit too, 'ay.
'owsabout yous fullas?
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I know "the news" isn't popular on here, but I did want to say something about this "North Korea hacked Sony" story.
As far as I can see, it's all bullshit.
To me, it looks like Sony and the American government are wringing a bucket-load of lemonade out of some pretty iffy fruit, and the way the story's being reported by many media outlets, is a fine example of how "independent" news organisations can function as a political mouthpiece.
Just wanted to get that off my chest. Anyone else got an opinion on it?
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Well bloody hell mate. I'm stuffed I am. Hafta go ta bed now, n get up oily for tomoz.
As for Korea, I think you are right. It all seems really fishy. (but are you saying it's bullshit that it happened or bullshit that they are so affected and pulled the movie?)
HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS OKAY?
Nah, I don't doubt it happened. Sony have had a number of online breaches over the last few years; and if this last one has shown anything, it's that their security practices have been pretty fuckin' shithouse.
But I haven't seen any credible evidence of North Korea having anything to do with it. In my opinion, the most likely candidate is one or more of the thousands of staff they've sacked in the last couple of years, or the thousands that are in fear of being sacked, as the company goes through a major restructuring.
But for Sony, hanging it on the DPRK has been a good way of drumming up publicity for a movie that (according to leaked emails) even Sony executives thought was a steaming turd; and portraying themselves as the victim of a terrorist nation has deflected attention away from the previously mentioned shithouse security practices.
For the yanks, it helps them build up a narative; the same way they hung that anthrax bullshit on Sadam in the leadup to the Iraq invasion. It may also help weapons sales to South Korea and Japan (which I believe is in the process of "re-interpreting" their constitution, to allow a military build-up); and I've seen the idea floated now of large corporations operating within America partnering with government agencies to bolster cyber-security, which is going to make data collection that much easier.
Never let a good crisis go to waste, eh?
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