The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the government of North Korea formally accused of hacking attack on Sony Pictures. US President Barack Obama shares this opinion and will repay the attack.
The US North Korea officially accused of momentous hacker attack on the company Sony Pictures and announced consequences. In his last press conference before the Christmas holidays, President Barack Obama said the country will respond to North Korea’s actions “in a place and in a manner that we determine.”
At the same time Obama called it a mistake that Sony had canceled the theatrical release of his film “The Interview” after the attack of November and the recent threats. “We can not have a society in which some dictators start to exercise censorship in the US,” he said.
FBI recognizes handwriting North Korea
US FBI accused the government of North Korea formally the hacker attack, in which massive data had been stolen. In the technical analysis of the attack software used are links to other malicious programs turned out according to the FBI, which had been recently developed in North Korea. The Federal Police have discovered a significant overlap of the infrastructure used in this attack and other “malicious cyber activities” of North Korea.
There were also similarities with an exported by North Korea in March last year cyber attack South Korean banks and media. “We are deeply concerned about the destructive nature of this attack on a facility in the private sector,” said the FBI. The extortion associated with the attack do this step by North Korea particularly unacceptable.
Sony Pictures had canceled the theatrical release of North Korea satire on Thursday under pressure from the hackers. The film received two US journalists (Seth Rogen and James Franco) is mandated to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un during an interview to kill
Clooney. “We have a responsibility, on the other hand stand up “
Experts fear that the hacker attack could be just the beginning. “Cyber espionage is a degree instead, we have not seen before,” said Denise Zheng, Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies US broadcaster CNN. Last year alone, there was a report, according to the Obama administration 61,000 attacks and security breaches against the offices of the US government.
Superstar George Clooney (53) does not hold true for the film brilliantly, but lamented a lack of solidarity in Hollywood: A petition written by him had wanted no one to sign, he said the industry portal “Deadline.com”. The signatories have agreed that they will not stick together and submit to the demands of the hackers.
After the publication of confidential e-mail traffic through any media am concerned that he might the next be pilloried, Clooney said. That the film will now not run in theaters, Clooney sees as a problem: “This is not only films that affects all matters We are the responsibility to stand up against..”
comic book movie
canceled surprisingly
Apparently putting so many managers in Hollywood after the terrorist threats now already even the scissors in the mind. The Canadian comic artist Guy Delisle reported on his blog that the planned film adaptation of his comic story “Pyongyang” had been canceled surprising. He learned of the Internet. Starring Steve Carell should take.
bestselling author Paulo Coelho agreed to publish “The Interview” free on his blog. In a Twitter message he offered Sony Pictures $ 100,000 (81,000 euros) for the rights. “You get 0.01 percent of the budget back, and I can” no “to terror threats saying,” wrote the 67-year-old. He doubted, however, that Sony would accept his offer, admitted the Brazilians.
“The Interview” should launch in the US on December 25th. In Germany, the launch of the film with production costs of about 44 million US dollars (35 million euros) was planned for February. Sony has decided against any other form of release of the film, be it as a video on the private cable ducts or on DVD, quoted the magazine “Variety” a Sony spokeswoman.
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