Sony hack North Korea threatens US as row deepens.

North Korea has threatened unspecified attacks on the US in an escalation of a war of words following the Sony Pictures cyber-attacks.

In a fiery statement, the North warned of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and “the whole US mainland”.

North Korea denies US claims it is behind cyber-attacks linked to a film that features the fictional killing of its leader Kim Jong-un.

North Korea has a long history of issuing threats against the US.

The latest statement comes days after the US formally accused the North of orchestrating a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures.

“The army and people of the DPRK [North Korea] are fully ready to stand in confrontation with the US in all war spaces including cyber warfare space,” a long statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency said.
“Our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the White House, the Pentagon and the whole US mainland, the cesspool of terrorism, by far surpassing the ‘symmetric counteraction’ declared by Obama.”

It accused President Obama of “recklessly making the rumour” that North Korea was behind the Sony attack.

It also said it “estimates highly the righteous action” taken by the hackers of Sony, although it is “not aware of where they are”.
North Korea frequently uses fierce rhetoric against both South Korea and the United States so there’s no great step-up in fierceness. And it is for domestic consumption as well as for outsiders.

The statement has weight because it comes from the most powerful body in North Korea, the National Defence Commission, which is chaired by Kim Jong-un.

It has two arguments – essentially “we didn’t do it” and “whoever did do it was right”.

The statement goes into some detail about the FBI argument that there were signs in the computer code that North Korea was behind the Sony attack. it said such lines of code are commonplace and do not prove any North Korean involvement.
Sony details leaked
The hack resulted in unreleased films and the script for the next James Bond film being leaked online.

Details of corporate finances and private emails between producers and Hollywood figures were also released.
The eventual fallout from the attack saw Sony cancel the Christmas release of a comedy called The Interview, a film depicting the assassination of the North Korean leader.

That decision followed threats made by a group that hacked into Sony’s servers and leaked sensitive information and emails.

The North has denied being behind the attacks, and offered to hold a joint inquiry with the US.

But the US turned down the offer, and President Barack Obama said it was considering putting North Korea back on its list of terrorism sponsors, a move that further angered Pyongyang.

North Korea had been on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism for two decades until the White House removed it in 2008, as part of now-stalled negotiations relating to Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.

In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Mr Obama promised to respond “proportionately” to the cyber-attack.

“I’ll wait to review what the findings are,” he said, adding that he did not think the attack “was an act of war”.

The US has reportedly also asked China to curb cyber-attacks by North Korea.
China is North Korea’s close ally and is seen as the nation with the most influence over Pyongyang.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a telephone conversation with his US counterpart John Kerry on Sunday in which they discussed the Sony row.

Mr Wang said China was “against all forms of cyber-attacks and cyber-terrorism” but did not refer directly to North Korea.

In a statement posted on China’s foreign ministry’s website (in Chinese) on Monday, he said that China “opposes any country or person using infrastructure from another country to launch a cyber attack on a third-party country”.

At a later news conference, a foreign ministry spokesman said China wanted to “engage in constructive co-operation with the international community in cyber security on the basis of mutual respect and mutual trust”.

Asked to respond to claims that North Korea was using Chinese facilities for cyber-attacks, the spokesman added: “I think to arrive at any conclusion, sufficient facts and evidence are needed. China will handle the case on the basis of facts, international laws and Chinese laws.”

Correspondents say the issue of hacking is a sensitive one in Sino-US relations, with the two sides frequently trading accusations of cyber-espionage.
The Interview features James Franco and Seth Rogen as two journalists granted an audience with Mr Kim. The CIA then enlists the pair to assassinate him.

Sony says it made the decision to cancel its release after most US cinemas chose not to screen the film, following terrorism threats. Enjoy!!!

Total propaganda. China has a treaty to defend North Korea of any attack, or warfare, that’s why this is going on. N. Korea is the little brother who is flexing because they know they got their big bro that will help if and when they get picked off. And Russia backing China, this is WWIII, I smell, anyone with a brain can understand what’s going on. Arm the people, remember they fear the gun owners, every blade of grass. Be AWARE and be PREPARED, FEAR is not an option. Be safe everyone…

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• iamamerican

  That hack was an inside job at Sony.

  Dec 22, 2014, 11:53 am 0 Reply
• liberty

  I totally agree .
  Its all inter-connected with US’s war against Russia and China.

  I dont agree or condone the large majority of what North Korea does or has done as I know they are completely despotic ….but I have to agree with some of their statements.
  Its the US cabal and minions whom are the Terrorists , not them .
  Theyve been trying to send that warning for years and we all laughed at them because of how we were programmed.
  Now look at the true realities.
  I dont believe North Korea was behind this Cyber attack but were framed ..and just like India and whomever else Russia has “meetings” with ..something always ends up getting stirred up in that country for which the US always throws an accusation.
  Its so predictable its becoming as plain as day to see.
  Next big “event”??
  Find out Putins schedule to see whom he will be meeting with and watch some “event” occur from that country.
  Of course….China is doing double talk. They are all ASIAN first .BLood is thicker then water.They will protect North Korea.
  The reality is though is that North Korea does have the capability to do a REAL Cyber attack.

  Id like to share something with you all that God spoke to me about in JUNE of this year (2014).
  Please dont mock this , the same thing could happen to any of you and you would always be “skepticaL” as I was at first.
  When the Holy Spirit speaks to you revealing something specific ….most times it seems hard to believe because you dont know if it was your own imagination ..or what?
  But when it happens it resonates within your whole belng like a gong you cant escape from or turn off.
  A day will come when this could happen to any of you and you’ll see what I mean.

  So while UKRAINE and ISIS were the “topics” of the day …it came as a great shock when I heard deep within that still of my being- these simple words- one day in JUNE :
  “WATCH ……JAPAN…..and NORTH KOREA….in the FALL.”

  These were 2 places that had simpy fallen off the radar…and yet with this warning came a sense of “great trouble ahead coming forth “…..in some way or ways , from these 2 Nations.

  It seemed too incredible to believe so I admit I shrugged it off ( as any of you would) and kept it to myself.

  THEN I started to hear about the economy of Japan and the woes starting to surface there , starting in the FALL & in case many of you didnt know , whats been kept from you , is that the supposed QE that ended here in the USA , was a lie…or rather “illusion”.
  Instead …it got EXPORTED …to JAPAN.Which is when QE suddenly “started back up “ OVER there.
  Reason??
  Cause the FED “enforcers” requested ( threatened with force) the Central Bank of JAPAN to use JAPANESE PENSION funds to buy US Treasury Bonds, so essentially your economy /the budget that was enabled to put you all into more debt , came because of JAPANESE PENSIONS FUNDS that have been held hostage .

  Dont think for one second this nefarious scheme will end well.
  God sees all and He cant be fooled.
  I find it interesting that SONY is connected to JAPAN….so Im curious as to how they are reacting or what they are thinking about concerning NORTH KOREA at the moment.

  Anyways …just giving you a heads up .I dont think this “event” is going to quickly be forgotten or shoved under a rug , unless of course the US Media are ordered not to cover it .

  Dec 22, 2014, 1:12 pm 0 Reply