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North Korea ruled out of Sony Hack

by on10 December 2014

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FBI don’t think it likely at the moment

US Imperialist law enforcement think it unlikely that that glorious North Korean cyber warriors’ were behind the righteous hack of Sony servers.

It is widely credited that Kim Jong-un personally hacked Sony systems, ably aided by his hand-picked teams of hackers. Kim was mortified by a Sony movie which was based around an assassination plot against him.

However a senior FBI official said on Tuesday that the agency has not confirmed widely held suspicions that North Korea is behind the unprecedented cyber-attack on Sony's Hollywood studio.

"There is no attribution to North Korea at this point," Joe Demarest, assistant director with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's cyber division, said while speaking on a panel at a cybersecurity conference sponsored by Bloomberg Government.

Cybersecurity researchers who have analyzed the malicious software used in the attack say that technical indicators suggest North Korean hackers launched the attack. People close to separate investigations being conducted by Sony and the government have told Reuters that North Korea is a principal suspect, yet a North Korean diplomat has denied that his nation is involved.

Hackers stole vast quantities of data, then used malicious software to wipe data on computers, shutting down much of the Sony unit's network for more than a week.

 

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