Quote:Former Sony Staffer Among Six Suspects in Hack, Says Security Firm (Report)
A former studio employee and five other hackers around the world have been implicated in the security breach, says Norse Corp
A cybersecurity firm conducting its own investigation of the Sony Pictures hack claims it has identified six individuals involved in the criminal attack, including one former studio employee based in America as well as participants from Canada, Thailand and Singapore.
Norse Corp, which offers live attack intelligence to corporate and government clients, says a probe independent of the FBI and Sony’s internal investigation has turned up an ex-staffer with “extensive knowledge of the company’s network and operations,” according to the Daily Caller.
Before the holidays, the FBI issued a public statement saying the agency “has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions.” Sony’s own investigation is ongoing. Norse and Sony have not yet returned TheWrap’s request for comment.
Norse vice president Kurt Stammberger said the half-dozen suspects had “direct involvement in the hack,” in efforts that were coordinated using the employee’s firsthand knowledge. In a previous report, Stammberger identified the insider as “Lena,” whom he suggested has ties to self-identified hackers Guardians of Peace.
“This woman was in precisely the right position and had the deep technical background she would need to locate the specific servers that were compromised,” Stammberger told CBS News.
Norse offered no further motivation for an independent review other than “the premise that the attack would have been best executed from the inside,” wrote the Caller.
My God...you have a reflex protective shill reaction, don't you?
Is it genetic? Did you grow up in a hereditary Democrat household? Or is it just something you picked up in your adult years when you quit thinking for yourself?
This is stupid. You know this is stupid. Yet you went straight to the toolbox to utilize a logical fallacy.
Can even find a scapegoat while vacationing in Hawaii...multitasking at its best!
Quote:US sanctions North Korea over Sony cyberattack
HONOLULU (AP) — The United States imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea on Friday in its first public act of retribution for a crippling cyberattack against Sony.
The stepped-up sanctions, authorized by executive order from President Barack Obama, will affect three North Korean entities, including a government intelligence agency and a North Korean arms dealer. The U.S. is also sanctioning 10 individuals who work for those entities or the North Korean government, the Treasury Department said.
"The order is not targeted at the people of North Korea, but rather is aimed at the government of North Korea and its activities that threaten the United States and others," Obama wrote to a letter to House and Senate leaders.
Although the U.S. already has tough sanctions in place against North Korea over its nuclear program, these are the first sanctions punishing Pyongyang for alleged cyberattacks. The White House said this is just the first part of the U.S. response to the Sony incident.
The FBI has blamed North Korea for the crippling cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. North Korea has denied involvement, but has expressed fury over a comedy film by Sony that mocked North Korea's leader. Sony Pictures initially called off release of the film, citing threats of terror attacks against U.S. movie theaters. Obama criticized Sony's decision, and the movie opened last month.
A nearly 10-hour shutdown of North Korean websites last week prompted widespread speculation that the U.S. had launched a counterattack in retribution, but the White House did not comment on whether the U.S. was responsible. The U.S. has vowed a proportional response to the Sony incident but has warned its response would "take place at a time and in a manner of our choosing."