{"id":7082,"date":"2014-12-19T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infosecurity.pro\/?p=7082"},"modified":"2019-04-20T16:24:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:24:33","slug":"fbi-concludes-north-korean-government-responsible-in-spe-cyber-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infosecurity.pro\/?p=7082","title":{"rendered":"FBI concludes: North Korean government responsible in SPE cyber terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\targued<\/a>, it is apparent to the FBI that Sony Pictures Entertainment has been the victim of great\u00a0economic impact outside the bounds of acceptable state behavior.\n\"TheInterview\"<\/a>\nAnd most recently on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, the “Guardians of Peace”\u00a0posted a\u00a0message threatening 9\/11-type attacks on theaters that screen The Interview<\/i>. The note was posted on Pastebin labeled “Christmas gift: Michael lynton.”\u00a0 Lynton is the CEO of Sony Pictures’.\u00a0 The message read:\n\n\n

Warning<\/strong>\nWe will clearly show it to you at the very time and places \u201cThe Interview\u201d be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to.<\/strong>\nSoon all the world will see what an awful movie Sony Pictures Entertainment has made.<\/strong>\n\u00a0The world will be full of fear.<\/strong>\nRemember the 11th of September 2001.<\/strong>\nWe recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.<\/strong>\n(If your house is nearby, you\u2019d better leave.)<\/strong>\nWhatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment.<\/strong>\nAll the world will denounce the SONY.<\/strong><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\"SonyHack-Screen-Shot-2014-11-24-at170249PM\"<\/a>\nFollowing the threat, a number of major theater companies announced they\u00a0would not show the film. The East Coast premiere of the comedy\u00a0was then subsequently\u00a0canceled.\n\n\n

Today, the FBI released a followup statement<\/a>\u00a0reinforcing the determination that the recent intrusion into Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) by a group calling itself the “Guardians of Peace” leads a trail directly to the North Korean government.\u00a0 In the statement, it was noted<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

…The FBI takes seriously any attempt\u2014whether through cyber-enabled means, threats of violence, or otherwise\u2014to undermine the economic and social prosperity of our citizens…<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n

The biggest clues are based on other previously identified malware\u00a0developed by North Korean actors and the similar lines of code, encryption algorithms, data deletion methods, and infrastructure used such as IP addresses.\u00a0 Some previous incidents involve last year’s South Korean bank hacks in March which were identified to have been performed by the North Korean government.<\/p>\n\n\n\"FBI-UpdateOnSonyHack\"<\/a>]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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