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When employees walked into Sony Pictures last week they were greeted with the image posted above on their computer screens. The company had been hit by a major cyberattack in which not only were unreleased movies stolen, but top secret documents were believed to have been compromised as well. While there were reports that the hackers might have received help from inside, a possible link with North Korea was also being investigated. The investigation has revealed footprints of the Hermit Kingdom in this hack.
According to The Wall Street Journal researchers who have been called in to investigate this hack have found malicious code that is exactly the same as the code used in March 2013 when many South Korean banks and broadcasters were hit by cyberattacks widely believed to be the work of North Korea.
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These Sony Pictures hacking stories are starting to get pretty weird since it is hard to believe that a country like North Korea has the time to hack Sony. Sony does not seem to ever get a break. Sony got hacked by Anonymous, Lulzsec, and now North Korea.
According to The Wall Street Journal researchers who have been called in to investigate this hack have found malicious code that is exactly the same as the code used in March 2013 when many South Korean banks and broadcasters were hit by cyberattacks widely believed to be the work of North Korea.
Read More
These Sony Pictures hacking stories are starting to get pretty weird since it is hard to believe that a country like North Korea has the time to hack Sony. Sony does not seem to ever get a break. Sony got hacked by Anonymous, Lulzsec, and now North Korea.
