By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama and the FBI blamed North Korea for the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November based on information that was collected when the NSA hacked into the country’s computer systems in 2010, the New York Times reports. The NSA eventually was able to penetrate directly into North Korea’s system…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey said on Wednesday that he has no doubt that North Korea was behind the devastating cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures, the New York Times reports. Comey said the hackers were easily trackable because they made a critical error by failing to conceal their location, sending messages and attacks…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Cyber-security experts have expressed skepticism about the FBI’s claims that North Korea was involved in the hacking attacks of Sony, Gizmodo reports. After days of silence, FBI Director James Comey is expected today to present the bureau’s case that North Korea was involved during a speech at the International Conference on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is not backing down on its claim that North Korea was the mastermind behind the disruptive Sony studio hack, the New York Post reports. The bureau’s insistence comes after a growing number of private cyber-security firms are saying there is no evidence to conclude North Korea was the mastermind….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents investigating the cyberattack on Sony Pictures were brief Monday on an alternative theory that points the finger at disgruntled, laid-off staff – not North Korea – as the culprits of the devastating hack, Politico reports. Security firm Norse provided the information and said the U.S. jumped the gun by blaming…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI on Friday offered evidence that links the North Korean government to the hacking of Sony Pictures computers. “We are deeply concerned about the destructive nature of this attack on a private sector entity and the ordinary citizens who worked there. Further, North Korea’s attack on SPE reaffirms that cyber…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. authorities believe the North Korean government was “centrally involved” in the recent hacking attacks on Sony Pictures because of anger over a comedy that was about to be released, the Boston Globe reports. The determination by U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, coincided with Sony’s decision to cancel…
By Michael Winter USA Today Five foreigners extradited from Thailand to New York have been charged with conspiring to smuggle Breaking Bad-quality methamphetamine that was produced in North Korea, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. The suspects — two from Britain and one each from Taiwan, the Philippines and Slovakia — were arrested in September as part…
