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Since the massive security breach at Sony Pictures has occurred, speculation has been that North Korea was behind it. Sony, with the help of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and the FBI, has been investigating the perpetrators behind the breach. However, a senior FBI official stated has stated that government agency has not confirmed that North Korea is behind the attack, “There is no attribution to North Korea at this point,” said Federal Bureau of Investigation assistant director of its cyber division Joe Demarest on Tuesday at a cybersecurity conference sponsored by Bloomberg Government. This is the first time that a senior FBI official has said anything publicly regarding the...
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Sony was rocked by a massive ransomware attack in late November, and is still reeling from the effects. Most recently, Sony employees have been on the receiving end of threatening emails from the perpetrators of the hack: Guardians of Peace (#GOP). Now we’re beginning to learn a bit more about the hack courtesy of Mandiant, the cybersecurity firm brought in for digital forensics analysis. While the investigation is still ongoing, email correspondence from Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia and Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton has been provided to Variety. Lynton sent out an email to employees on Saturday discussing the attack, but couldn’t give much solace to the 3,800 employees that had their...
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