Rogen blasts media for publishing emails
Actor Seth Rogen has blasted members of the media for publishing email messages stolen during a hack attack on Sony Pictures' databases last month.
Since the cyberattack, the group calling themselves Guardians of Peace have released stolen files featuring celebrities' salaries, personal information, upcoming movies such as Annie and a wealth of emails, which have publicly embarrassed or landed some Hollywood execs in hot water.
The hackers have since escalated threats, referencing the 9/11 attack in their latest chilling message, which warns people off going to see Rogen's latest film The Interview at cinemas (the Department of Homeland Security says it hasn't found any evidence to suggest there is an active plot against US movie theatres).
The Interview, about a TV presenter and a sidekick who set out on a mission to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has angered North Korea, who called it an "act of war".
Rogen and his co-star James Franco poked fun at the cyber scandal on US sketch show Saturday Night Live earlier this month, although Variety has confirmed the pair have now cancelled all media appearances.
And funnyman Rogen is now criticising the media for picking through all of the material the hackers have leaked so far, which includes salary details for The Interview duo and Rogen's refusal to alter a key scene in which the North Korean dictator is struck by a tank shell.
He tells US radio host Howard Stern, "It's stolen information... I think it's f**ked up that anyone is talking about it. And I'm OK talking about my s**t, honestly, because I don't f**king care that much, and the stuff that was stolen from me on the grand scale of s**t is not that bad, but it's f**king stolen. I do think it's f**ked up that everyone is doing exactly what these criminals want...
"All of this information would literally just be sitting on some obscure corner of the internet if it wasn't for these news articles exposing the information...
"I can't believe people are just so happy be like, 'Look at this stolen information. Hey, let's f**king read it.' (The email authors) are not doing anything illegal. They're not trying to fool you as the consumer. They're having private correspondence with one another."
Lawyers have filed a class action suit against the Sony Pictures, alleging it failed to protect employees' data in the cyberattack.
The Interview releases in Australian cinemas on January 22
