The rumors I've been hearing from some of my IT Security friends are saying disgruntled ex employees from either a division of Sony Pictures or a key partner and Sony Pictures not taking steps to properly store admin passwords. Haven't noticed any news reports verifying these rumors.
In my opinion if it was ex employees, it would probably be better for them if the blame was shifted to N Korea. Most of the hackivist groups tend to take some level of credit (although there is a chance this group has learned from people from other groups getting caught). At this point the only people who know for sure have been tight lipped (no good evidence the US or Sony knows yet, N Korea probably loves the attention, and if non nation-state actors are involved, none have taken credit). Depending on how good the hackers were and how well they can keep a secret, we might never know the true identities of who did this. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -ITG (ITechGeek) i...@itechgeek.com https://itg.nu/ GPG Keys: https://itg.nu/contact/gpg-key Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Noah Shachtman <noah.shacht...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North > Koreans were involved... > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html > > On the other, I see evidence that points to a hacktivist-type outfit... > > http://www.wired.com/2014/12/evidence-of-north-korea-hack-is-thin/ > > Any ideas on which narrative (or combination thereof) is right? > > Best, > > > > nms > -- > -- > Noah Shachtman > Executive Editor | The Daily Beast > 917-690-0716 > noah.shacht...@gmail.com > > *new* encrypted phone: 646-681-6791 > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. >
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