Mr. Steal Yo Private Information

The "Guardians of Peace" are a group of cyber-hackers who brought down Sony Pictures Entertainment in November by releasing personal data of some SPE employees such as Aaron Sorkin. Recently, they have promised SPE a "Christmas present" of having more personal data being released to the public if SPE does not meet GoP's demands.

But why are the Guardians of Peace doing this to SPE? This madness all started reportedly because of Sony's upcoming movie, The Interview, which stars James Franco and Seth Rogen who are would-be assassins of Kim-Jong Un.

There are two conspiracies about GoP. The first one is mine, but I'm just using logic: the Guardians of Peace may be people (*cough cough* the US government) who want to prevent certain danger that would bombard the United States if this movie is released. In fact, the North Korean government claims that the film is an act of war and "merciless retaliation" is promised if the film is released.

The second conspiracy seems more likely: the people behind GoP could be the North Korean government itself. Of course, GoP would have to be the section of the North Korean government that is assigned to infiltrate infrastructures.

Two things come to mind with this situation: the first is the concern that US citizens will have if the movie is released - what would North Korea plan? what exactly do they mean by "merciless retaliation?"

The second thing that comes to mind is a whole new outlook on privacy. Changing our passwords seems beyond important now since Sony workers' private information was released to the public. The attack should be a lesson to everyone: people need to learn to keep their opinions to themselves - or at least change their email password constantly.