Of the cyber attack "#GOP" no "glop" for Sony Pictures


Victim of a computer attack unprecedented on November 24, Sony's movie division has canceled the release of his new comedy "The Interview" security issue. The hackers behind this massive piracy threatened to attack the cinemas and spectators of this satirical comedy that parodies the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.


The hacker group that claimed responsibility for cyber attack calls himself "#GOP" or the acronym for "Guardian of Peace" (Guardian of Peace-ed). It would, according to the White House, acted on behalf of Pyongyang. Still, if North Korea has denied involvement, without condemning the attack, nothing at the moment no reason to impute this giant hack.


"We can not attribute responsibility for this attack nor the sophisticated detailing actions that are the cause," said Josh Earnest, spokesman for the White House.


Sophisticated actions indeed, even sharp. Because in total, 100 000 gigabytes of data that hackers have stolen infiltrating the internal systems of Sony Pictures.


Pyongyang has described the hacking of "legitimate act" to US investigators, no doubt, this is the North Korean regime is behind this cyber attack. And point the finger at the "121 Office" is the unit of cyber-fight the communist regime.


For years, North Korea has invested a lot to create this cell managed by the North Korean intelligence agency of experts and the most talented computer scientists in the country.

For Jang Se-Yul, a defector who worked as an expert in IT for the North Korean government, some 1,800 hackers working for Pyongyang, some of which operate abroad under cover.


"In North Korea, they call it the secret war. They can secretly hitting an enemy. Killing someone without anyone knowing who did it. This cell works like a normal business abroad. Hackers working as lambdas businessman. That's why it's scary, "said Jang Se-Yul.


The objective of the hackers Office 121 is "to conduct cyber attacks against foreign and enemy states." In March 2013, South Korea had been the victim of a spectacular computer attack. Computer networks of banks and TV stations had been paralyzed for days.






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