Friday, December 19, 2014

Pressure is on the U.S to retaliate against Sony hackers, but who's behind attack?

I was interviewed by the CBC this morning. My portion comes on at about the 15:30 mark at the link below.

The guest before me, David Kennedy, makes a good case that the hackers benefited from inside information and noted that staff in the Sony CIO office were let go some months ago and speculates they may have contributed to the hack.

V/R
Dave

Pressure is on the U.S to retaliate against Sony hackers, but who's behind attack?

A security guard stands at the entrance of United Artists theater during the premiere of the film "The Interview" in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2014. (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian)
The movie "The Interview" is no longer coming to a theatre near you. The Sony Pictures flick about snubbing out North korea's leader Kim Jung-Un-- has apparently led to some very real life retaliation. But is the Hermit Kingdom really behind the Hack? And what kind of precedent is Sony Pictures setting by putting the film back in the can? 

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