North Korea prime suspect in Sony Pictures cyber attack

U.S. news sources are listing North Korea as the prime suspect in a massive cyber-attack on Sony pictures last week.  The huge security breach is one of the largest in Hollywood history, and it appears to be in retaliation for the upcoming release of the Sony Pictures movie "The Interview", a raunchy comedy starring James Franco and Seth Rogan which details a plan to assassinate North Korean president, Kim Jong Un.  North Korean officials call the movie "undisguised terrorism and a war action,"  and threatened "a strong and merciless countermeasure" if the movie is released.

 Responsibility for the malicious attack was claimed by a mysterious group #Guardians of Peace, and the tactics used are similar to a cyber attack committed last year by North Korea against the South Korean government.  The disruptive attack leaked unreleased movies online, including a new Brad Pitt movie, "Fury" and the upcoming Christmas movie, "Annie".  Salary information of Sony executives was also released.



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