FBI: North Korea to Blame for Sony Hack
Summary: The FBI said its investigation, along with information shared by Sony and other U.S. government agencies, determined the North Korean government was responsible for the hack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. The FBI cited similarities in specific lines of code, encryption algorithms, data deletion methods, and compromised networks to prior North Korean malware, overlap between attack infrastructure and known North Korean IP addresses, and similarities to a March 2013 attack on South Korean banks and media outlets.
What you should know: The attack used malware designed to wipe every hard drive on Sony's network, and investigators believe as many as several dozen individuals were involved, the bulk from North Korea and nearly a dozen believed to reside in Japan. The FBI called the destructive and coercive nature of the attack one of the gravest national security dangers to the United States, a conclusion that forces a government response when few options are palatable.
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