North Korea at it again...Turning into a cyber bully as Sony had criticized its leadership..Strong arm of the Politburo?North Korea denies involvement in Sony Pictures cyber attack
The Hollywood studio was attacked last month, with thousands of its internal documents and several complete movies leaked.
The Hollywood studio was attacked last month, with thousands of its internal documents and several complete movies leaked.
- by Ben Fox Rubin
@benfoxr
7 December 2014
North Korea's government on Sunday denied hacking SonyPictures as retaliation to the Hollywood studio's forthcoming film "TheInterview," a comedy about a plot to assassinate the country's leader.
"We do notknow where in America the Sony Pictures is situated and for what wrongdoings itbecame the target of the attack," a spokesman for the National DefenseCommission wasquoted saying to the country's official Korean Central News Agency.
The spokesman added that Sony Pictures planned to produce "a film abettinga terrorist act while hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership" ofNorth Korea. The spokesman said the hacking "might be a righteous deed ofthe supporters and sympathizers" of the country in response to thecountry's call to end "US imperialism."
Hackers last month breached Sony Pictures' computer system, thenleaked thousands of the film and TV studio's internal documents to file-sharingnetworks. Soon after, five complete Sony movies, including four unreleasedtitles, were pirated online.
North Korea's secretive and isolationist government has been a primary suspectin the attack, as it was believed to be responding to Sony Pictures'forthcoming movie "The Interview." The comedy starring Seth Rogen andJames Franco is due out this month and focuses on a plot to kill North Korean leaderKim Jong-Un.
The hack crippled the computer network for Sony Pictures, the film and TV armof Japanese tech giant Sony, amid the critical holiday movie season. Also, thepirating of the unreleased movies should drag down ticket sales for thosefilms, as occurred when Lions Gate's "Expendables 3" was leaked aheadof the movie's release a few months ago. The attack also comes at aparticularly bad time for Sony, which has been struggling with quarterly lossesas it tries to push into the competitive mobile market.
A Sony Pictures representative didn't immediately respond to a request forcomment.
An analysis of 33,000 leaked Sony Pictures documents by datasecurity software firm Identity Finder showed that the leaked files includedthe personal information, salaries and home addresses for employees andfreelancers who worked at the studio. Some celebrities' information wasreleased, too, including data about actor Sylvester Stallone, director JuddApatow and Australian actress Rebel Wilson.
North Korea denies involvement in Sony Pictures cyber attack -CNET
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