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North Korea was hacked before the Sony attack by US agency

January 19, 2015 By Marlene R. Litten

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Despite of breaching the network used by the North Korean hackers years ago before the cyber attack on Sony, American spies were not been able to warn Sony that it was about to be targeted.

Us intelligence agencies hacked into North Korea’s system in early 2010 and were able to create an “early warning system” of spyware that kept them informed of the Communist hackers’ activities, according to the New York Times.

The access to Pyongyang’s network allowed them to gather the evidence that North Korea was behind Sony attack and was convincing enough for President Barack Obama to make the accusation in public.

However it was too late and North Korean hackers had stolen and published thousands of the studio’s confidential files.

A German magazine Der Spiegel published a classified National Security Agency (NSA) file which quotes that one US operative as admitting that American access to North Korean systems was “next to nothing”. The Americans were able to hack their South Korean allies and found that Seoul’s agents were having more success in penetrating the North’s systems.

Apparently, the fruits of South Korean spies were stolen by USA but later ramped up their own efforts to target the Pyonyang. An NSA official wrote “You don’t want to rely on an untrusted actor to do your work for you,”

Previously North Korea publically said in June that film’s release would be considered as “an act of war”, and just five months after some North Korean hackers emerged with the name “the Guardians of Peace” began publishing Sony’s internal files and demanded that the film be cancelled.

Some cyber security experts have questioned whether North Korea was behind the attack but the US government has been unusually adamant in its public accusations.

Filed Under: Technology, United States Tagged With: Cyber attack, Hack, North Korea, NSA, Sony, South Korea, US agency, warning

NSA Report: U.S Attack North Korean Networks Before Sony Hack

January 19, 2015 By Andreas Petersen

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In December, the U.S government blamed North Korea for the cyber attack of Sony Pictures.  The statement infuriated all the government of North Korea.

In the beginning of January, Barack Obama authorized sanction against North Korea.  Government of North Korea asked U.S government to provide evidence for this charge.

James Comey, FBI director said that North Koreans have failed to hide their tracks.  The U.S Internet authorities have gained the IP addresses of the posts and emails of hackers.   North Koreans used such kind of IPs addresses are only

Thus far, group of Sony hackers have attacked nearly majority of the confidential documents of the company. They got hold of salary spreadsheets, top secret emails, pre-release copies of films and much more. They utilized malicious software to break into thousands of computers of the Entertainment Company.

Additionally, the hackers of Sony Pictures threaten the company not to release “The Interview”.  The entire storyline of the film is based upon the assassination of a Supreme leader of North Korea. The threat against “The interview” gave hints about the involvement of North Korea in this matter

Recently, a document of N.S.A indicates that U.S National Security Agency began their hacking efforts in North Korea in 2010. The paper reveals that the U.S spy agency worked really hard to break into the internet networks of North Korea, China and Malaysia.

On the other hand, U.S intelligence officials decline to make any comment on this issue.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Barack Obama, FBI, GPO, North Korea, NSA, Sony attack, U.S Intelligence

Sony Cyberattack the biggest hack in modern times

December 31, 2014 By Cliff Jenkins Scott

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America accused North Korea over the Sony Picture’s hack after FBI said that they believed North Korea was involved particularly because of the action comedy film in which the fictional assassination of Kim Jong-Un occurs. But one can’t deny that Sony Pictures witnessed one of the most deadly cyber attacks in modern times.

The hackers Guardians of Peace GOP gave a severe blow to Sony Pictures Entertainment by releasing a lot of private date and information about employees and celebrities associated with the company. Moreover, social security numbers and spreadsheet enlisting top executives along with their salaries were also released by the hackers. They not only destroyed property and leaked confidential information but also have created wave of terror in the market. The GOP sent threatening emails to employees mentioning the threat that hovers over them and their families. One of the emails stated that the group are very much aware of the internal workings of the organization involved and it became obvious that they might even have an inside man right in the center. Almost 75 % of the data from the organization’s servers was wiped out after stealing and still it did not stop there. 5 movies were stolen including the yet to be released Annie.

Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures along with co chairman Amy Pascal have tried a lot to just get over the crisis but it’s been a storm that hasn’t faded or diminished in its power and is still affecting the organization.

The Interview, the flick that caused all this mayhem still founded way to be released online and on some theaters on its schedule on Christmas Day. And the profits its showing can help the organization and its employees to reestablish their faith as a global force in the entertainment industry.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Amy Pascal, FBI, Michael Lynton, North Korea, Sony hacks, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Interview

North Korea goes offline amid internet outage

December 23, 2014 By Cliff Jenkins Scott

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North Korea has almost virtually gone offline after being at the center of the blame when Sony Pictures got hacked. Dyn Research, a U.S. based internet monitoring company reported.

The company stated that the reasons for disruptions in internet services were unknown but could be owed to some technological glitches or even a big cyber attack. Officials involved in the investigations pertaining to Sony Picture’s hack have said that the U.S. government wasn’t involved in any cyber action against North Korea.

President Barack Obama earlier vowed to take up serious actions against the Sony hackers and held North Korea responsible. He vowed to respond against these attacks.

Almost all of North Korea’s web traffic runs through servers in China, therefore Washington also requested Beijing to shut down all routers employed by North Korea that go through Chinese networks. Furthermore, they also requested China to find North Korean hackers in China and send them back in order to give a strong message to Pyongyang.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry also issued a statement saying that they condemn these attacks but also exclaimed that there was no proof that North Korea was behind the Sony hacks.

The hackers, Guardians of Peace said they were infuriated at the sight of a Sony comedy about a fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which the studio has now officially pulled from a general release.

For the last 24 hours though, the internet services are getting degraded in North Korea or either there’s a serious software glitch. The results depict that almost all of North Korea appears to be offline except for a very few. It also seems highly likely that somebody could be directing some sort of a cyber attack against them while they’re having trouble staying online.

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Beijing, Guardians of Peace GOP, internet, North Korea, Pyongyang, Sony Pictures, U.S., Washington

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