North Korea may have hired outside hackers for Sony attack, says US
US investigators believe that North Korea most likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s cyber-attack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation has said.
The official said that since North Korea lacked the capability to conduct some elements of the sophisticated campaign by itself, American investigators were looking at the possibility that Pyongyang “contracted out” some of the work.
The attack on Sony Pictures is regarded to be the most destructive against a company on US soil because the hackers not only stole huge quantities of data but also wiped hard drives and brought down much of the studio’s network for more than a week.
While US officials investigate whether North Korea enlisted help from outside contractors, the FBI stood by its previous statement that Pyongyang was the prime author of the attack.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/30/north-korea-hackers-sony-pictures-cyber-attack
New spin from the feds....
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