According to a diplomatic source in New York, North Korea is not responsible for the cyberattack on Sony Pictures headquarters , leading to the cybertheft of new films and countless sensitive documents, forcing Sony to temporarily shut down its internal network.
Specifically, North Korea denies any involvement in the case, as reported by a Pyongyang diplomat in New York, while he said that his country carries out criminal prosecutions in cases of cyberattacks and piracy. It is the first time that North Korea has denied such an attack as it has the means and technology to achieve it. A UN official said that it is not excluded that North Korea is behind the attack and that the world would do well to wait for more tangible results.
There are suspicions that North Korea used hackers from China to break into Sony's system as retaliation for the movie that will be released titled The Interview, which is a comedy that talks about the assassination of the leader of North Korea. Experts, however, noted that there are similarities with the cyberattack that North Korea carried out on South Korean banks and television channels last year.
In any case, with the news about the history of the film The Interview, North Korea rushed to openly threaten its immediate ban, as a diplomatic UN source from North Korea, Jan Song Sam “is a provocative terrorist act”. The film will be released on Christmas day in the theaters.
Source: koutipandoras.gr
