[liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack
Joseph Lorenzo Hall
joe at cdt.org
Fri Dec 19 04:05:13 PST 2014
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On 12/18/14, 5:47 PM, Erich M. wrote:
> On 2014-12-18 19:11, Noah Shachtman wrote:
>> One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North
>> Koreans were involved...
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html
>
>> On the other, I see evidence that points to a hacktivist-type
>> outfit...
>
>> http://www.wired.com/2014/12/evidence-of-north-korea-hack-is-thin/
>
>> Any ideas on which narrative (or combination thereof) is right?
>
> Both miss IMHO the point. This was clearly a politically motivated
> attack by a nation state intended to create the severest immediate
> impact possible on Sony. Hitting the technical, informational and
> soon
you take a pretty evidence-free position on attribution here that
seems completely unwarranted.
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