censorship?

Someone or some organization has hacked Sony and leaked a bunch of gossipy emails about what a pain it is to work with certain celebrities embarrassing executives at Sony. There is analysis to suggest the government of North Korea is behind it all! It's hard to imagine that Sony would be targeted just because North Korea would find the comedic film "The Interview" about a plot to meet Kim Jong-un and...

"Take him out!" so offensive that it merits this sort of orchestration, but the same analysis pointing the finger at North Korea suggests this is the reason behind everything and as a result Sony isn't going to release "The Interview" on Christmas Day because they don't want anyone who attempts to see the movie to get hurt by terrorists retaliating in either a cyber sense or a more sinister way. What is really going on? I think it stinks that a Hollywood film (millions of dollars in production costs) has been shelved. I recall after 9/11 the Arnold Schwarzenegger film "Collateral Damage" (not his best work) was withheld from release for many months as its subject matter was about terrorism. When that awful movie finally was allowed to see the light of day I ran out and saw it and if "The Interview" ever becomes consumable I'll consume it too. What is really going on? Is this just what it appears to be on the surface?