| A purported member of the Guardians of Peace GOP who has claimed to have performed the hack stated that they had access for at least a year prior to its discovery in November 2014, according to | " The FBI later clarified more details of the attacks, attributing them to North Korea by noting that the hackers were "sloppy" with the use of that originated from within North Korea |
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| Sony's Lynton stated on the announcement that "we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech" | Shaw, Lucas December 23, 2014 |
"Separately, the tools used in the SPE attack have similarities to against South Korean banks and media outlets, which was carried out by North Korea.
17| Cybersecurity expert Lucas Zaichkowsky said, "State-sponsored attackers don't create cool names for themselves like 'Guardians of Peace' and promote their activity to the public | Makinen, Julie December 20, 2014 |
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| Pallotta, Frank December 19, 2014 | Stedman, Alex December 9, 2014 |
Owens, Simon April 23, 2015 , ,• No incidents predicated by the threats occurred with the release, and instead, the unorthodox release of the film led to it being considered a success due to increased interest in the film following the attention it had received.
28| , under an issued by President Obama, installed additional economic sanctions on already-sanctioned North Korea for the hack, which North Korean officials called out as "groundlessly stirring up bad blood towards" the country | Claire Rutter November 17, 2015 |
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| Siddique, Haroon January 4, 2015 | Formal charges [ ] The U |
And we have not backed down.
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