Many have has heard about The Interview, a movie about the fictional assassination of Kim Jong-Un, dictator of North Korea. The movie was set to play in major theaters, but before the movie was to be released on October 10th 2014, Sony was hacked by a group calling themselves “The Guardians of Peace”. Nearly 100 terrabytes of data were stolen from Sony servers, ranging from personal employee information to movies that were not released yet. This was all placed publicly on the internet for all to see, endangering the safety of multiple Sony employees.

“These hackers have leaked real personal information about people who that works at Sony. So before you hear it from someone else, I thought it would be better if you hear it from me. Soon you’ll know that my e-mail is ——————————-, my password is ———————- and this is all just a real violation of my personal life,” said actor James Franco, who played one of the two lead roles in The Interview, the host of the fictional talk show.

In the several days following the hack, suspicion rose that North Korea was behind the cyber attack. The “Guardians of Peace” warned Sony to stop showing The Interview or else peace would be broken and war would start. Confirmation came that it was indeed North Korea behind the attack from the NSA. How do they know for certain? A few years before the attack, the NSA had placed hidden malware in North Korea’s networks. Though these devices couldn’t predict the hack, it was still able to be used to build evidence and confirm it was North Korea who had hacked Sony.

“President Obama condemned North Korea as responsible for the massive cyberattack against Sony and pledged a “proportional” US response.” according to Engadget.com.

New sanctions made on North Korea after the attack caused several overseas banks including China’s major commercial banks, from doing business with North Korea. The idea is to identify which companies allow North Korea to access the global system and target them, placing sanctions on them if they provide material support to North Korea.

“We need to step up and target those financial institutions in Asia and beyond that are supporting the brutal and dangerous North Korean regime,” said Daniel Glaser, assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the U.S. Treasury Department.

Even though all evidence points to the contrary, North Korea still claims it had nothing to do with the Sony hacking. Tensions with the small dictatorship are still as touchy as they have always been, if not more. We can only wait and see what plays out in this dance of world politics.

“Angered at being blamed for the Sony attack, North Korea bows out of a United Nations Security Council meeting, where the Hermit Kingdom’s dismal human rights record is to be discussed.” reported Deadline.com.