It’s Official: Sony Scraps ‘The Interview’ (the most effective modern day "Hack"; with many possible implications)

[Carmody]

Posted by TargeT (here)

Posted by SilentFeathers (here)
In my opinion this whole story is so bizarre it almost seems like some kind of false flag

With the amount of media play it is getting... it's either that or an opportunity seized for some agenda.... not quite sure what yet though.

As soon as the potential outcomes are laid out on a sheet, the potential origins and path should begin to take shape. viability of outcome sets is of course modeled on secondary event directive practicality, etc.

[Sierra]

Posted by Carmody (here)

Posted by TargeT (here)

Posted by SilentFeathers (here)
In my opinion this whole story is so bizarre it almost seems like some kind of false flag

With the amount of media play it is getting... it's either that or an opportunity seized for some agenda.... not quite sure what yet though.

As soon as the potential outcomes are laid out on a sheet, the potential origins and path should begin to take shape. viability of outcome sets is of course modeled on secondary event directive practicality, etc.

I've heard that on the latest Illuminati event driven "calendar", it will be a N. Korea "event" used to trigger the doomsday scenario.

Always something...

[Harley]

Sony Hack Being Turned Into N. Korea False Flag By U.S.

Who Really Hacked Sony Pictures? (Hint: It Probably Wasn't North Korea)

North Korea was indeed responsible for the massive hack on Sony Pictures, according to officials from within the US government. This follows on from Sony cancelling the release of The Interview amid threats of further attacks from the hackers — including threats of terrorism against cinemas if they show the movie (which lampoons the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK). While we obviously condemn the continued threats and release of private, non-newsworthy information, I would like to point out one thing: There is very little evidence that North Korea was actually behind the attack — which makes me wonder, a) Why is the US government fingering North Korea? and b) If it wasn’t North Korea, who hacked Sony Pictures?

Who framed North Korea?

From the outset, the only connection between the Sony Pictures hack and North Korea was The Interview, a comedy movie where Seth Rogen and James Franco assassinate Kim Jong-un. Now, North Korea was certainly upset about the movie — it complained about it to the UN back in July — but the hackers didn’t mention the movie at all in its original set of demands, which was emailed to Sony executives a few days before the hack went public. The famous Guardians of Peace image (below) didn’t mention the movie, either.


Sony Pictures, hacked by Guardians of Peace (GOP) warning message

The hackers only latched onto The Interview after the media spent a week prognosticating over the possibility of it being the driving force behind the hack. It wasn’t until December 8, at least a week after the Sony Pictures hack went public, that the attackers started using The Interview as leverage. If you had just hacked Sony, and the world media just gave you the perfect opportunity to shift the blame onto North Korea, wouldn’t you do the same thing?

There’s also the overall timeline of the hack to take into consideration. The hackers managed to exfiltrate around 100 terabytes of data from Sony’s network — an arduous task that, to avoid detection, probably took months. Given how long it would’ve taken to gain access to Sony Pictures, plus the time to exfiltrate the data, I think the wheels started turning long before North Korea heard about The Interview.

Even if we take the movie out of the equation, the hack just doesn’t feel like something that would be perpetrated by a nation state. The original warnings and demands feel like the attacker has a much more personal axe to grind — a disenfranchized ex employee, perhaps, or some kind of hacktivist group makes more sense, in my eyes.

An inside job?

So far, the sole purpose behind the Sony Pictures hack appears to be destruction — the destruction of privacy for thousands of employees, and the destruction of Sony’s reputation. Much in the same way that murder is a crime of passion, so was the hack on Sony Pictures. Bear in mind that the hackers gained access to almost every single piece of data stored on Sony’s network, including the passwords to bank accounts and other bits of information and intellectual property that could’ve been sold to the highest bidder. The hackers could’ve made an absolute fortune, but instead opted for complete annihilation. This all feels awfully like revenge.

Really, though, the biggest indicator that it was an inside job is that the malware used during the attack used hard-set paths and passwords — the attacker knew the exact layout of the Sony Pictures network, and had already done enough legwork to discover the necessary passwords. This isn’t to say that North Korea (or another nation state) couldn’t have done the legwork, but it would’ve taken a lot of time and effort — perhaps months or even years. A far more likely option is that the attack was carried out by someone who already had access to (or at least knowledge of) the internal network — an employee, a contractor, a friend of an employee, etc.

So, why’s the US pointing the finger at North Korea?

Late yesterday, the New York Times published a story citing “senior administration officials” that North Korea was “centrally involved” in the Sony Pictures hack. Unfortunately, the same officials don’t give any indication of how North Korea pulled off the attack. Presumably US intelligence found some signs that pointed to North Korea’s involvement — and hopefully we’re talking about tell-tale signatures that are more conclusive than the fact that the malware was written on a computer with the locale set to Korean (anyone can change the locale of their computer with a couple of clicks).

The other option is that the US government is just doing a bit of saber rattling — perhaps to see how the DPRK responds, or perhaps to justify some retaliation.

The NYT says that the White House doesn’t yet know how it will react. Presumably, if there’s any kind of public retaliation or condemnation, the evidence tying North Korea to the Sony hack will have to be released.

Who do I think hacked Sony Pictures? Well, I don’t think it was as simple or as clean cut as “North Korea did it.” I think we’re either looking at a loose-knit group of hackers/hacktivists (similar to Anonymous), or some kind of combination attack — perhaps someone on the inside opened the door for North Korea to get in, or alternatively a country like North Korea or China found a hole in Sony’s security and then passed that vulnerability along to some unaffiliated hackers.

In either case, we are almost certainly looking at an attacker that is massively tech savvy, but also superb at playing the internet/social media game. North Korea isn’t usually very good at either of these things — but who knows, maybe Kim Jong-un has whipped his cyber army into shape?

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[Milneman]

Posted by Sierra (here)
Well, Sony should hack themselves and put "The Interview" out there, worldwide, for free lol.

Well not for free, but it wouldn't be the first time someone pulled a stunt like this. I mean, think about it? Everyone is talking about this movie. I didn't know it existed until the news told me about it.

Sony, I suspect, is laughing all the way to the bank (and probably at us as well).

In this day and age, it is very easy for someone to cry wolf and for no one to notice it's a wolf doing the crying.

Merry Christmas.

[Desire]

Paul

What is you opinion of the New World Order? Just wondering

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Desire (here)
Paul

What is you opinion of the New World Order? Just wondering

I don't have a useful answer to that question ...

[TargeT]

Posted by Paul (here)

Posted by Desire (here)
Paul

What is you opinion of the New World Order? Just wondering

I don't have a useful answer to that question ...

I was trying to figure out where it came from...

[giovonni]

Lights, Camera, Action !



Obama vows US response to Sony hack

[giovonni]

Still not sure about this one ...

The grapevine says this comedy was DOA ...

Corporate business has always kept strange bedfellows ?

[Slorri]

Posted by giovonni (here)
Lights, Camera, Action !



Obama vows US response to Sony hack

Notice these words:

"Americans cannot change their patterns of behaviour due to the possibility of a terrorist attack," he said. "That's not who we are, that's not what America is about."

It has become a compulsory pattern of behaviour: To create terror and blame others for it.

[giovonni]

Posted by Slorri (here)

It has become a compulsory pattern of behaviour: To create terror and blame others for it.

Of course that's your opinion ...

[giovonni]

the latest ...

Hackers to Sony: We'll stand down if you never release the movie

[Hanson]

North Korea was indeed responsible for the massive hack on Sony Pictures, according to officials from within the US government. --- by Sebastion Anthony

Would these be the same U.S. officials who told us about Iraq's WMDs, Saudi hijackers armed with box-cutters, Boston Marathon bombers, Aurora cinema shooters, and Sandy Hook child killers?

[giovonni]

Thanks ...

It's always good to distinguish between the US government and its private citizens when making broad statements.

[TargeT]

Posted by giovonni (here)
Obama vows US response to Sony hack

"we" (the US) are threatening a Cyber response..... not a conventional one, this is the first openly admitted, or threatened "cyber action" I've heard of from the US... and I work in a Cyber Defense position win in the military.

From my perspective this is a highly interesting move and not at all a good one for the population of the world....

[Anchor]

Posted by TargeT (here)

Posted by giovonni (here)
Obama vows US response to Sony hack

"we" (the US) are threatening a Cyber response..... not a conventional one, this is the first openly admitted, or threatened "cyber action" I've heard of from the US... and I work in a Cyber Defense position win in the military.

From my perspective this is a highly interesting move and not at all a good one for the population of the world....

If it is a cyber response - what would be the target, do the NK people have much that can be hit? Shall we stop them releasing a film about something !

[Wind]

Sony 'will not drop' North Korea film The Interview

"Sony Pictures says it is looking at different ways to release the film satire the Interview, after scrapping its opening following a cyber-attack blamed on North Korea."

[giovonni]

Posted by Anchor (here)

Posted by TargeT (here)

Posted by giovonni (here)
Obama vows US response to Sony hack

"we" (the US) are threatening a Cyber response..... not a conventional one, this is the first openly admitted, or threatened "cyber action" I've heard of from the US... and I work in a Cyber Defense position win in the military.

From my perspective this is a highly interesting move and not at all a good one for the population of the world....

If it is a cyber response - what would be the target, do the NK people have much that can be hit? Shall we stop them releasing a film about something !

Obviously your not quoting me (personally) gentlemen ...
i don't work for the government (or any corporate or banking interest) do either of you ... giggle

PS ~ just joking of course.

[TargeT]

Posted by Anchor (here)

Posted by TargeT (here)

"we" (the US) are threatening a Cyber response..... not a conventional one, this is the first openly admitted, or threatened "cyber action" I've heard of from the US... and I work in a Cyber Defense position win in the military.

From my perspective this is a highly interesting move and not at all a good one for the population of the world....

If it is a cyber response - what would be the target, do the NK people have much that can be hit? Shall we stop them releasing a film about something !

a very good question, what exactly would the target be, especially since there is no "hard evidence" (that I can see) of who exactly this is (circumstantial evidence aside).


I see an expansion into a domain that (frankly) the US is QUITE weak in world wide...

This could be a big thing, or another Sandy Hook (a failed attempt that did not garnish much of anything).


we shall see; I think the awakening populace is harder to fool than this, and even though it was a direct attack on our entertainment industry (the "sweet spot" for the masses) I don't know that it's getting much traction (I don't think it is).

[giovonni]

The world is (and has been) for (over) the last 65 years been a very dangerous place for all the world's populations.