Hackers invoked the 9/11 attacks Tuesday in their most chilling threat yet against Sony Pictures, again warning the Hollywood studio not to release a film which has angered North Korea.
The threat came as lawyers filed a class action suit against the embattled studio alleging that it failed to protect employees' data, stolen in a massive cyber-attack three weeks ago.
In a new statement cited by US media, the GOP (Guardians of Peace) hacking group announced the start of a threatened "Christmas gift," including leaked emails from Sony boss Michael Lynton.
Specifically, it warned movie-goers against seeing "The Interview," the Sony comedy starring James Franco and Seth Rogen about a fictional CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.
"We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places 'The Interview' be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to," it said, in broken English as previously.
