Posted on 12/31/2014 3:22:50 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
US cybersecurity experts say they have solid evidence that a former employee helped hack Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer system — and that it was not masterminded by North Korean cyberterrorists.
One leading cybersecurity firm, Norse Corp., said Monday it has narrowed its list of suspects to a group of six people — including at least one Sony veteran with the necessary technical background to carry out the attack, according to reports.
The investigation of the Sony hacking by the private companies stands in stark contrast to the finding of the FBI, which said Dec. 19 its probe traced the hacking — which ended up foiling the planned wide release of the Hollywood studio’s “The Interview” — to North Korea.
Kurt Stammberger, senior vice president at Norse, said he used Sony’s leaked human-resources documents and cross-referenced the data with communications on hacker chat rooms and its own network of Web sensors to determine it was not North Korea behind the hack.
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Freepers have been calling this out from day one. In before the regime sweeps this under the carpet to conceal the humiliating embarrassment over their keystone cop grade incompetence...
Since it was an "inside job" they won;t be able to collect anything!! FBI came out in RECORD speed to label it "terrorism" by NK!! WHAT A FARCE!! WHAT A FRAUD!!
Just wait until they start making airliners collide and fall on rush-hour traffic.
And Fort Hood was work place violence...
Would not want to rush judgement and spoil diversity by nozo raisining.
makes one wonder why the regime blamed NK
An even BIGGER embarrassment:
A private capitalist corporation has better cyber-sleuthing capabilities than the Fed!
And after the security experts concluded it was definitely an inside job, the FBI came out yet again and insisted it were the ronery's whodunnit.
I’m pretty sure NoKo couldn’t hack its way out of a burrito.
Your post 2 is very interesting.
I mean post 3.
the us had solid evidence it was korea.....Obama was going to retaliate.
Whatever>I am sure Candy Crowley will have the transcript to demonstrate Obama remains a perfect hero
You bribe a low paid sys admin for a password and boom you are in. Not rocket science. The problem is as hard as they try they almost always make a mistake and leave a trail....
Sad day for the FBI.
They should be ashamed and embarrassed.
The FBI needs to regain their credibility
The FBI participated in a scheme to push a narrative to either stomp on a bad story concerning Obama, or lay the foundation for a future political lever (ie. War on Women)
Confidence in the Government erodes some more
I’m not all that concerned about the Sony hack. The most interesting thing to me is the takedown of the Nork internet. Did we do that? If so that’s freaking awesome and a hell of a warning shot.
DPRC network down = the squirrel died.(or was eaten)
I get the joke but I think it was bigger than that. Just started a book on Stuxnet so maybe my antenna is up.
North Korea has simply been “the center fuel tank” for the hack.
Never mind the missile fuel residue on the seatbacks, it was the fuel tank.
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