Is it actually less plausible than the story currently being presented by the FBI and the media?
The US fabricated the case for war against Iraq. There was no yellowcake, there were no WMDs. And it's known that the NSA has programs in play to attempt to influence popular opinion through social media sites, and propaganda. There is at least circumstantial evidence that the US might hack Sony in order to win popular and political support for either a military action against a perceived enemy, or some kind of domestic "security" crackdown, or something which would otherwise be politically unpopular.
The least plausible argument here seems to be the one the US is presenting, and the most plausible is that the US is responsible.
North Korea has a history of only threatening violence, but the United States has the history of following through. The last time the US said it would respond "at a time and place of its choosing", I believe it decided to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, did it not?
Many people around the world believe 9/11 was an inside job, and even that Al-Quaeda, as an organization, was essentially manufactured through the CIA through its control of the American media, as a false-flag pretense for war. Presumably, the Sony hack is the beginning of another such false-flag pretense. North Korea is part of the "Axis of Evil," which is essentially nothing more than the US' own kill list for sovereign nations it doesn't like. One must assume that some sort of war with Iran and North Korea are inevitable, so long as the US has the power to do so.
It's only a non-sequitur if you don't believe the CIA has orchestrated, either directly or indirectly, most major political events around the world in the last 20 years, and nearly every, if not every, war since Desert Storm. Otherwise, the connections are obvious, especially after Snowden.
The US fabricated the case for war against Iraq. There was no yellowcake, there were no WMDs. And it's known that the NSA has programs in play to attempt to influence popular opinion through social media sites, and propaganda. There is at least circumstantial evidence that the US might hack Sony in order to win popular and political support for either a military action against a perceived enemy, or some kind of domestic "security" crackdown, or something which would otherwise be politically unpopular.
The least plausible argument here seems to be the one the US is presenting, and the most plausible is that the US is responsible.