# Sony hack conspiracy theories are already starting. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-hack-conspiracy-theories-are-already-starting/707679 "2014-12-19T17:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-hack-conspiracy-theories-are-already-starting/707679/8 "2014-12-19T19:08:54Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > That is too far-fetched. > > Sony orchestrated the “hacks” to drum up interest in a mediocre comedy movie, as a sort of double-blind viral marketing campaign. but once they released that genie the Internet community 4channed it into terrorist threats and Sony saw it blow up in their face. > > Once the theatre chains started to say they were not going to carry the film Sony realized it had gone too far. If I were to believe in a CT about this, this is the one I would. > [@Theater chains cancelling "The Interview"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theater-chains-cancelling-the-interview/707522/4): > > If this isn’t just a publicity stunt… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sony-hack-conspiracy-theories-are-already-starting/707679)._