North Korea Issued A Mysterious Message About The Hack On Sony Pictures

[Audrey McNeil <audrey () riskbasedsecurity com>]

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-issued-mysterious-message-113800213.html

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks at a computer screen.

North Korea is not denying allegations made by US officials that the
country was behind a massive hack on Sony Pictures last week that took down
the company’s computer network.

When contacted by the BBC, a North Korean government spokesman said: “Wait
and see.”

A group calling itself “Guardians of Peace” broke into the servers of Sony
Pictures, an international movie studio owned by Sony.

The group took over screens inside the company, stealing files and even
leaking unreleased movies online. Staff were left using pens and paper to
do their jobs, unable to even attempt to log on to their computers.

Here’s what screens inside Sony Pictures looked like after the hack:

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It’s still not known exactly who the Guardians of Peace are. They claim to
have a source inside Sony who had similar opinions and let them inside the
computer network. But US intelligence agencies aren’t buying that claim.

NBC News claims to have knowledge of classified briefings that suggested
North Korea was a possible source of the hack. It’s not completely
far-fetched as the country has been tied to hackings in the past. According
to Re/code, North Korea has its own hacking army division known as Unit
121, which is widely suspected of being behind cyber attacks on South Korea
and the US.

North Korea also has a motive to attack Sony Pictures. The studio is set to
release “The Interview” this month, which stars Seth Rogen and James Franco
as celebrity journalists who land an interview with North Korean dictator
Kim Jong-un before attempting to kill him.

On June 25, North Korea’s official news agency denounced the film as a
“blatant act of terrorism and war.” And on July 11, the country’s
ambassador to the UN accused the movie as being an “act of war.”

An official from North Korea’s London embassy refused to comment on the
Sony Pictures hack, telling Business Insider that they were “not
interested” in talking to the press.

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