The hack, the film, its studio and North Korea – are they related?
As a cinema chain opts not to screen a movie about North Korea, over “terror threats”, can a cyber attack on the studio that made it really be traced back to the secretive nation?
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President Trump has warned – in a tweet – that military solutions are locked and loaded “should North Korea act unwisely”. His latest comment comes ten days before the annual U.S. / South Korean military exercises in the region begin, exercises that always bring strong condemnation and threats of countermeasures. On the U.S. territory…
The United Nations Security Council is due to hold an emergency session in an attempt to ratchet down tensions in the Korean peninsula. Yesterday, North Korea tested a long-range missile which may be capable of reaching Alaska. The US and South Korea carried out their own missile drills in response, with the US Secretary of…
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North Korea suffers an internet outage for several hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but the US government refuses to say whether it is responsible.
As a cinema chain opts not to screen a movie about North Korea, over “terror threats”, can a cyber attack on the studio that made it really be traced back to the secretive nation?
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