When Sony Pictures was about to release The Interview, a 2014 satirical film in which a television journalist is sent to assassinate Kim Jong-un, North Korean hackers broke into the studio’s computer network and stole and released a trove of confidential data—salaries, medical information, screenplays, and personal emails. A studio head, Amy Pascal, had to resign over racism-tinged emails in which she joked that she would mention films about slavery at an upcoming meeting with President Barack Obama. Sony set aside $15 million to cover damages. It was a public relations coup for North Korea to
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