"The Interview", which tells the story of two TV journalists who are sent by the CIA to assassinate Kim Jong-Un, is widely believed to be the driving force of a massive cyber attack against Sony by a group of hackers called Guardians of Peace. The hackers leaked sensitive information about former and current employees, a handful of unreleased films as well as emails from executives' inbox.

Sony has been hit by two class-action lawsuits over the leak of the data and now they are facing a third lawsuit. On Wednesday, December 17, two former employees Joshua Forster of Denver and Ella Carline Archibeque of Los Angeles filed the suit in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging negligence in regards to the cyber attack. As reported by Variety, the suit also mentions, "SPE has statutory obligations to protect its employees' employment and personnel records from unauthorized access, yet failed at numerous opportunities to prevent, detect, end or limit the scope of the breach."

The massive attack at the company has also gained attention of the White House. On Thursday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the attack was considered a "serious national security matter." He did not mention North Korea as a party responsible in the hacking, explaining that an investigation by the FBI and Justice Department is "progressing."