PBS NewsHour

Sony cancels movie at the center of security worries

Clip: 12/17/2014 | 6m 29s

Sony Pictures canceled the release of “The Interview,” a movie about an assassination plot against North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, after the nation's largest theater chains had said they wouldn't play the movie. Sony has been the target of a large-scale hack of its computer data, with a group calling itself the Guardians of Peace claiming responsibility for leaks. Jeffrey Brown reports.

Aired: 12/17/14

Rating: NR

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