Past Cyber Crimes Link N. Korea to Sony Attack

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...

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