- I am deeply skeptical of the FBI’s announcement on Friday that North Korea was behind last month’s Sony hack. The agency’s evidence is tenuous, and I have a hard time believing it. But I also have trouble believing that the U.S. government would make the accusation this formally if officials didn’t believe it.
Don't forget that it also helps them hype their movie as "the move that caused an international incident". I'm sure Sony are quite happy to have this story rather than "we had a bunch of data stolen by someone who was pissed off at us over our shitty business and security practices."Sony also has a vested interest in the hack being the work of North Korea. The company is going to be on the receiving end of a dozen or more lawsuits—from employees, ex-employees, investors, partners, and so on. Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain opined that having this attack characterized as an act of terrorism or war, or the work of a foreign power, might earn the company some degree of immunity from these lawsuits.
From what the media is saying (outside of this article), NK's cyber abilities is not to be underestimated. Apparently, they've been quite successful using cyberwarfare against South Korea and others.
They benefit from saying that though. Increases shock. More likely I think China actually runs the NK cyberwarfare stuff and spoofs it from NK servers, or just built/operate the facilities themselves. Doesn't change much in how anything will be handled though. My primary interest in this whole thing was the latest U.N. declaration about NK.From what the media is saying (outside of this article), NK's cyber abilities is not to be underestimated.