The Sony hack , which has been devastating to Sony employees, has been making huge news over the past month. Many thought that North Korea was behind the hack. However, as The Guardian reports, the Sony hack could be an inside job from disgruntled employees.
“Researchers at Norse Cybersecurity claim that six former employees could have compromised the company’s networks, arguing that accessing and navigating selective information would take a detailed knowledge of Sony’s systems.”
Norse is not part of the official FBI investigation. However, they did talk to the government on Monday. Norse admits, however, that the findings about the Sony hack are hardly conclusive. According to Rueters , the FBI still maintains that North Korea is responsible for the hack, but possibly received some help.
“As North Korea lacks the capability to conduct some elements of the sophisticated campaign by itself, the official said, U.S. investigators are looking at the possibility that Pyongyang contracted out some of the cyber work. The official was not authorized to speak on the record about the investigation.”
Many people on Twitter are suspicious of the FBI and are siding with Norse Cybersecurity.
http://t.co/FCp5Di2BJm Sony was not hacked by North Korea. Well, we all pretty much knew that. #SonyHack was disgruntled employees.
— SheriOlivia (@ageless_vintage) December 30, 2014
The FBI has quietly abandoned their false statement that North Korea is behind #SonyHack . But will they apologize for lying to public? No.
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) December 30, 2014
Sony was criticized for initially not releasing The Interview , a comedy about taking out North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, which was believed to influence the hack. Many believed that Sony was just giving into the hackers, who many believed committed a form of terrorism. Even President Obama was critical of Sony.
“I think they made a mistake. We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States.”
Obama also called for calmness while even admitting there may be future hacks like the one at Sony.
“I think all of us have to anticipate occasionally there are going to be breaches like this. They’re going to be costly. They’re going to be serious. But we can’t start changing our patterns of behavior.”
Sony immediately issued its own statement after criticism from Barack Obama and many others. Sony wanted to be clear that their decision had nothing to do with first amendment rights.
“The decision not to move forward with the December 25 theatrical release of The Interview was made as a result of the majority of the nation’s theater owners choosing not to screen the film. This was their decision.”
Sony caved into pressure and eventually released The Interview . It made 18 million in its opening weekend, mostly because of online purchases and rentals. Sony may have turned a negative situation around, but they still may not be able to prevent disgruntled employees from doing further damage. Who do you think were behind the Sony hacks?
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