Past Cyber Crimes Link N. Korea to Sony Attack
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Media reports say U.S. authorities have linked last month’s crippling cyber attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment to North Korea. The attack was made to pressure the studio into canceling the release of a film that parodies North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The incident is familiar to companies in South Korea, which have a history of being targeted by the North.
Simon Choi, a cyber security researcher at an anti-virus company in Seoul called Hauri Incorporated, studied the malware codes used to hack into the Sony Corporation’s computer system. He said the codes are similar to the ones used in a cyber attack on South Korean media companies in 2012.
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