How The Sony Hack Was Traced Back To North Korea

CBSNews ^ | December 19, 2014 | David Martin

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David Martin

December 19, 2014 How The Sony Hack Was Traced Back To North Korea

The FBI statement was definitive: "The North Korean government is responsible" for the cyberattack on Sony.

The attack was routed through servers in countries all over the world in an effort to hide its origin, but President Obama said North Korea is the sole culprit.

"We've got no indication that North Korea was acting in conjunction with another country," Mr. Obama said Friday.

The FBI cited some of its evidence tying the hack to North Korea:

Internet addresses used by the North Korean government communicated with addresses embedded in the malware used against Sony.

The Sony malware used lines of code similar to other malware "the FBI knows North Korean actors previously developed." The Sony attack resembled the March 2013 attack against South Korean banks which "was carried out by North Korea."

Law enforcement sources said North Korea hacked into the Sony network by stealing the login credentials of one of the company's computer system administrators. Once logged in, the hackers wiped out hard drives, stole personal data and revealed embarrassing e-mails.

[Chickensoup]

Hey, if the Feds say it, it must be true.

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LOL, you sound a bit doubtful.

I say, how convenient that the NKs get fingered!

Just like 1984... Enemies by design. Excuse me while I go have for my two minutes.

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- Obama’s brother lives in Communist China -

- B Hussien II knows exactly what is happening and why -

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