Obama said the cyberattack caused a lot of damage to Sony but that the company should not have let itself be intimidated into halting the public release of "The Interview," a lampoon portraying the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
It was the first time the United States had directly accused another country of a cyberattack of such magnitude on American soil and set up a possible new confrontation between longtime foes Washington and Pyongyang. Obama said he wished that Sony had spoken to him first before yanking the movie, suggesting it could set a bad precedent. "I think they made a mistake," he said.
"We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States," he said. "Because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary that they don't like, or news reports that they don't like.".....snip~
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-behind-sony-hack-possible-china-u-152022650--sector.html
Some are questioning if what the N. Koreans did.....was an Act of War. Which is making its way around the Hill with the usual cast of characters.
In another news piece they are saying.....
If BO takes his proportional action, then they will do what they are saying here. But they say they can prove it wasn't them and want a joint investigation.