US President Barack Obama says the cyber hack against Sony, blamed on North Korea, is not an “act of war” – but is considering putting them back on the terror list.
North Korea denies any involvement in the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures and offers to hold a joint inquiry with the United States.
Everyone in business “has to be worried” about the cyber threat, if a country under strict sanctions like North Korea can force Sony to pull a film, says Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times.
The FBI says it has determined that North Korea was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures, which the White House is treating as a “national security threat”.
Sony Pictures scraps its comedy film based on the fictional assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, after embarrassing internal emails are leaked and further cyber hacks are threatened.
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?
Sony has had to beef up security after several unreleased movies found their way onto the internet. North Korea is prime suspect – but is not denying a hack. (Map from Snoopall, developed by Norse.)
President Obama calls it a ‘wonderful day’ for the families of two US citizens being held for crimes against the reclusive communist state.
Jonathan Miller
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