North Korea is accusing the U.S. government of being behind the making of the movie `` The Interview . '' And , in a dispatch on state media , the totalitarian regime warned the United States that its `` citadels '' will be attacked , dwarfing the hacking attack on Sony that led to the cancellation of the film 's release . Obama : North Korea 's hack not war , but 'cybervandalism ' While steadfastly denying involvement in the hack , North Korea accused U.S. President Barack Obama of calling for `` symmetric counteraction . '' `` The DPRK has already launched the toughest counteraction . Nothing is more serious miscalculation than guessing that just a single movie production company is the target of this counteraction . Our target is all the citadels of the U.S. imperialists who earned the bitterest grudge of all Koreans , '' a report on state-run KCNA read . `` Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House , the Pentagon and the whole U.S. mainland , the cesspool of terrorism , '' the report said , adding that `` fighters for justice '' including the `` Guardians of Peace '' -- a group that claimed responsibility for the Sony attack -- `` are sharpening bayonets not only in the U.S. mainland but in all other parts of the world . '' 'Act of cybervandalism ' The FBI on Friday pinned blame on North Korea for a hack into Sony 's computer systems . In an interview broadcast Sunday on CNN , Obama called it `` an act of cybervandalism , '' not war . He said the United States is going to review whether to put North Korea back on a list of states that sponsor terrorism . `` We 've got very clear criteria as to what it means for a state to sponsor terrorism . And we do n't make those judgments just based on the news of the day , '' Obama said . `` We look systematically at what 's been done and based on those facts , we 'll make those determinations in the future . '' The Republican National Committee urged cinema chains to show the movie . In a letter to their CEOs , RNC chairman Reince Priebus wrote : `` As a sign of my commitment , if you agree to show this movie , I will send a note to the Republican Party 's millions of donors and supporters urging them to buy a ticket -- not to support one movie or Hollywood , but to show North Korea we can not be bullied into giving up our freedom . '' 'Dishonest reactionary movie ' While the film was the work of private individuals , North Korea insisted otherwise in its statement . `` The DPRK has clear evidence that the U.S. administration was deeply involved in the making of such dishonest reactionary movie , '' it said . `` The Interview '' is a comedy , with plans for an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a central plot point . In a CNN interview on Friday , Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton said the studio had not `` given in '' to pressure from hackers and was still considering ways to distribute the movie . But that 's not what the company initially said after canceling the film 's release . On Wednesday night , a studio spokesperson said simply , `` Sony Pictures has no further release plans for the film . '' But in its latest statement , released Sunday , the company said : `` No decisions have been made . Sony is still exploring options for distribution . ''
North Korea warns it will go after the White House , Congress and ` ` whole U.S. mainland '' It insists it was not involved in the Sony hack . President Obama says the attack was ` ` cybervandalism , '' not terrorism . But he says the U.S. will review whether to put North Korea back on list of terrorism suspects .