Seth Rogen Has a Convincing Theory About the Infamous Sony Hack

I remember my wife (then girlfriend) being upset with me on a train ride to my parents’ house. It was Christmastime, and she was scared, which she didn’t want to be. I remember thinking that she was overreacting, but also being the slightest bit concerned, mainly because she was worried. After all, I had purchased Seth Rogen’s newest film, The Interview, and North Korea had promised action against the film and the people behind it.

Luckily, nothing ever happened to me. That’s not to say they didn’t know I was watching! I think they just zoomed in and thought they could target a scruffy, deep-laughing stoner who had actually offended them. Both Rogen and his creative partner, Evan Goldberg, have described being afraid of retribution by North Korea after making a film where they murdered the country’s leader. However, no one could have predicted how the country would respond.

Sony, the company behind The Interview, was hacked, and its dirty laundry was shared for the entire industry to see. It was a huge deal that led to a lot of shakeups in the company and across the entertainment industry. The reason why it happened almost became secondary to what was happening. The movie that my wife was legitimately afraid I was purchasing is barely remembered anymore.

But people still ask about the hack. Rogen was recently asked about the situation by GQ, and proposed a pretty solid theory. “It’s not a thing I think about that often anymore, so I guess I’m pretty at peace with it,” Rogen noted, which is good to hear, as I’m sure he was far more scared than most people. “I still don’t know for sure if I know exactly what happened necessarily and exactly who did what and exactly the exact series of events that kind of transpired. I feel still as though maybe that truth is a little elusive to me at times, and I kind of go back and forth on what it might be.”

Rogen went on to explain that he doesn’t think North Korea was entirely responsible for what happened. “I don’t know. Probably North Korea, but maybe with, in league with people in America, perhaps? Resentful employees from the Sony corporation is something that is a prevailing theory that’s been out there as well,” he explained. “So I don’t know. I feel as though North Korea definitely had something to do with it, but I don’t know if American people also had something to do with it.” Makes sense to me.

We live in a world where the security password at the Louvre was “Louvre.” Just because an institution has any kind of legacy doesn’t mean they have a good security system. Still, the idea that a disgruntled current or former employee helped a foreign country cause major shakeups at a prominent American company makes a whole lot of sense. That said, we’re in the social media age, and I would expect someone to have taken credit for it at this point. Would it be treason? Sure! But imagine the likes and reposts that video would get!