So far, North Korea appeared to be too backward to as the originator of larger Cyber attacks to be considered. In the attack on Sony, however, North Korea is now a prime suspect. Kim Jon Us State had been underestimated, says a US expert
A few days after the cyber attacks on the entertainment giant Sony raises the USA an awkward question.: North Korea is capable of more than previously thought? Experts report that North Korea had a unit formed under the name “Office 121″, the cyber attacks should perform. In the past, North Korea was blamed for hacker attacks on the warring neighbors South Korea. However, the Sony hack would be a new escalation of unknown proportions, as the news channel “CNN” reported.
“I think we have the cyber capabilities underestimated by North Korea,” said Victor Cha, director of the Institute of Asian Studies at Georgetown University. “From previous attacks could not be concluded that these abilities exist.” Cha was referring to attacks on South Korean banks and broadcasters.
“In Pyongyang pop the champagne cork”
The recent hacker attack on Sony had led, among other things, that the US film “The Interview” by going to an attempt on the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, is not shown for the time being. The hackers had threatened because of the film with terrorist attacks
“The whole thing is unfortunately a great success for North Korea. You’ve done it that Sony did not released the film. In addition, the US government had to admit that the source for North Korea and that there was no measures are announced, “Cha said. “I think in Pyongyang, therefore, just pop the champagne cork.”
Speaker North Korea’s “suspicions are groundless”
A spokesman for the North Korean People’s Army called the accusations under the “baseless” and described it as
Experts want, according to the news channel several references recognize that North Korea is involved in the Sony hack “provocation to bring the situation in the Korean peninsula to an extreme phase.” They said, the malware had already been used in previous attacks against South Korea. In both cases, the program was written in Korean, a language that would rarely used in the cyber world
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