With the Hollywood scandal threatening to escalate into geopolitical crisis, Sony defended its decision to cancel the release of The Interview, a movie about a fictional CIA plot to kill Kim Jong-un.
"This is bigger than us," the studio insisted, as footage that leaked onto the Internet showed that the film's climax was to have been a graphic close-up of the North Korean leader's fiery death.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to confirm reports that North Korea had attacked the movie giant, which pulled the film after hackers invoked September 11, 2001 in threatening attacks on cinemas.
But, in a sign US intelligence believes the attack came from an enemy of the US, he said, "The president considers this to be a serious national security matter."
Earnest said the attack, which saw hackers gain access to a trove of internal Sony documents, was carried out by a "sophisticated actor."...................http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/897758.shtml
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The North Korean government was behind a devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment last month, the FBI said Friday....
ReplyDeleteThe announcement is the first such statement conclusively linking the computer attack to the secretive government.
It said that tools, coding, and the infrastructure that were used in the attack are similar to those used in previous attacks linked to Pyongyang.
But the FBI said that the attack’s “destructive” and “coercive nature” set it apart from other cyber attacks.
"North Korea’s actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves. Such acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior," the bureau said in a statement.............http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/438170--us-singles-out-north-korea-in-sony-hack-attack
N Korea proposes joint inquiry with the US into Sony cyber attack ...
ReplyDeleteNorth Korea has proposed a joint investigation with the United States on the cyber attack against Sony Pictures, calling the charge by the FBI that it was behind the attack "slander", state media said today.
An unnamed spokesman of North Korea's foreign ministry said there would be "grave consequences" if Washington refused to agree to the joint inquiry and continued to accuse them, the official KCNA news agency reported................http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1220/668118-sony/
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