NORTH KOREA DENIES DEVASTATING SONY CYBERATTACK

Entertainment giant Sony has been hacked in one of the most damaging cyberattacks ever. The attackers leaked what appears to be sensitive personal data on roughly 47,000 individuals, including celebrities. Security researchers have analyzed a piece of malware that appears to have been used in the Sony hack, designed to wipe data from infected systems. North Korea is considered a suspect, but the country’s officials have denied any involvement.
At the same time, the North Korean authorities praised the cyberattack as a ‘righteous deed’ potentially orchestrated by supporters furious over a Hollywood comedy depicting a fictional CIA plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un, Security Week reports. The North Korean National Defense Commission told the state-run KCNA news agency:

This post was published at Crypto Coins News on December 9, 2014.