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North Korea likely did not attack Sony....Sony's ex-employee(s) did
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:48 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:48 am
BOOM!
Point-by-point breakdown of hacking event and analysis on why this isn't North Korea but rather someone with insider knowledge.
Great article that breaks down why North Korea isn't responsible
Point-by-point breakdown of hacking event and analysis on why this isn't North Korea but rather someone with insider knowledge.
Great article that breaks down why North Korea isn't responsible
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The fact that the code was written on a PC with Korean locale & language actually makes it less likely to be North Korea. Not least because they don’t speak traditional “Korean” in North Korea, they speak their own dialect and traditional Korean is forbidden. This is one of the key things that has made communication with North Korean refugees difficult. I would find the presence of Chinese far more plausible.
This change in language is also most pronounced when it comes to special words, such as technical terms. That’s possibly because in South Korea, many of these terms are “borrowed” from other languages, including English. For example, the Korean word for “Hellicopter” is: ???? or hellikobteo. The North Koreans, on the other hand, use a literal translation of “vehicle that goes straight up after takeoff”. This is because such borrowed words are discouraged, if not outright forbidden, in North Korea – https://pinyin.info/news/2005/ban-loan-words-says-north-korea/
Lets not forget also that it is *trivial* to change the language/locale of a computer before compiling code on it.
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It’s clear from the hard-coded paths and passwords in the malware that whoever wrote it had extensive knowledge of Sony’s internal architecture and access to key passwords. While it’s plausible that an attacker could have built up this knowledge over time and then used it to make the malware, Occam’s razor suggests the simpler explanation of an insider. It also fits with the pure revenge tact that this started out as.
Whoever did this is in it for revenge. The info and access they had could have easily been used to cash out, yet, instead, they are making every effort to burn Sony down. Just think what they could have done with passwords to all of Sony’s financial accounts? With the competitive intelligence in their business documents? From simple theft, to the sale of intellectual property, or even extortion – the attackers had many ways to become rich. Yet, instead, they chose to dump the data, rendering it useless. Likewise, I find it hard to believe that a “Nation State” which lives by propaganda would be so willing to just throw away such an unprecedented level of access to the beating heart of Hollywood itself.
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Finally, blaming North Korea is the easy way out for a number of folks, including the security vendors and Sony management who are under the microscope for this. Let’s face it – most of today’s so-called “cutting edge” security defenses are either so specific, or so brittle, that they really don’t offer much meaningful protection against a sophisticated attacker or group of attackers. That doesn’t mean that we should let them off and give up every time someone plays the “APT” or “Sophisticated Attacker” card though. This is a significant area of weakness in the security industry – the truth is we are TERRIBLE at protecting against bespoke, unique attacks, let alone true zero days. There is some promising technology out there, but it’s clear that it just isn’t ready yet.
Who do I think is behind this? My money is on a disgruntled (possibly ex) employee of Sony.
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 10:04 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:51 am to mizzoukills
FBI said it came from North Korea and others have speculated they probably got assistance from a former Sony employee.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:51 am to mizzoukills
So....is the movie back on?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:51 am to mizzoukills
We finally have an excuse to frick North Korea and their fat tiny dictator up and you want to ruin it?
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 9:52 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:55 am to Jakesonaplane
Is Kim Jong Un back? Last thing I heard was that his sister was running the show and he was MIA. There was even speculation that he had been killed by his own people.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:56 am to terd ferguson
Liberals trying to save face
Posted on 12/19/14 at 9:57 am to terd ferguson
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There was even speculation that he had been killed by his own people.
It was actually Dave Skylark who killed him.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:04 am to lsu480
No it's not. But our first amendment is in jeopardy now. This was an effort to regulate entertainment and the Internet
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:05 am to Pettifogger
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FBI said it came from North Korea and others have speculated they probably got assistance from a former Sony employee.
Why didn't North Korea use unprecendented access to Sony's network to steal their funds?
This is about revenge, but it has nothing to do with the movie "The Interview".
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:07 am to lsucoonass
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This was an effort to regulate entertainment and the Internet
By who?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:10 am to mizzoukills
The DPRK blame raises my eyebrow as it's such a convenient propaganda piece. Maybe they did it. Maybe they didn't. Regardless, it takes our attention off of more important issues. NK leadership is a joke and they know damn well not to do anything violent towards the US or else they'll get a couple million tons of democracy dropped on their dear leader statue.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:10 am to mizzoukills
Why would anyone other than NK give a frick about that movie?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:11 am to mizzoukills
An inside job either by an ex-employee or a spy within govt. The end result will be a more regulated Internet that will control what we want to see and how to communicate.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:11 am to mizzoukills
I think Sony attacked Sony. This was all a huge publicity stunt to drum up interest in the movie. Everyone wants to see it now
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:13 am to crimsonsaint
crimsonsaint
Did you not read the article or the quotes in the OP?
This attack isn't about the movie. It's about revenge on Sony, which more than likely came from a Sony insider.
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Why would anyone other than NK give a frick about that movie?
Did you not read the article or the quotes in the OP?
This attack isn't about the movie. It's about revenge on Sony, which more than likely came from a Sony insider.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:14 am to Jakesonaplane
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We finally have an excuse to frick North Korea and their fat tiny dictator up and you want to ruin it?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no! If we break this, we own it and there's nothing in NK that we want to own.
This post was edited on 12/19/14 at 10:21 am
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:18 am to Wtodd
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We finally have an excuse to frick North Korea and their fat tiny dictator up and you want to ruin it?
Laughable statement. We've had an infinite amount of excuses to destroy NK since the early 1950s and we've never done it.
I don't think a Sony hack will be the tipping point.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 11:01 am to mizzoukills
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This attack isn't about the movie. It's about revenge on Sony, which more than likely came from a Sony insider.
Well shutting that movie down was like 90% of their revenge. If they wanted to hurt Sony they should have gotten a blockbuster shut down. Not some movie that no one is going to watch.
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