I don't believe for a second that the Sony hack was North Korea.
It was a made up story to cover up their shitty security.
It was a made up story to cover up their shitty security.
- North Korea is not that technologically sophisticated (at least compared to China or Russia, for example).
- North Korea has very limited internet access in general.
- It is highly likely the few internet pipes NK has are being heavily monitored.
- NK has bigger fish to fry, frankly. They can easily control this movie within their borders and they've ignored previous movies that made fun of them (World Police?).
If it is a NK supporter or supporters I doubt they're located physically within NK. But I suspect this was just a random hacker who decided to blame it on NK/the movie for the lolz.
Simply because the alternative is that a small group of semi-sophisticated non-state backed hackers could also pull if off. To say that NK can't acquire or won't utilize similar capabilities is a bit naive.
What we need is evidence that it wasn't NK than even more endless conjecture here.
See also "In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite"
http://recode.net/2014/12/07/in-north-korea-hackers-are-a-ha...
Now, I would not be surprised if they had help from China, but I really doubt NK did this themselves.
I think the accusations are being levelled at the NK government not some rouge civilian hackers.
Still, crazy how much of a shit storm this has created!
North Korea will never bomb an American theater, unless they developed a suicidal urge for sudden and forceful "liberation".
Maybe, given the hyperbolic rhetoric they are fond of using, they might feel perfectly OK threatening to unleash "a sea of fire" on the US, but I doubt even North Koreans are taking these expressions seriously.
Honestly, I would've made the same call.