The last 2 months, Sony Pictures films company saw piracy attacks on a large scale: it was leaking network movies and a lot of confidential information. The FBI says that the suspects may be from North Korea, and the attack was by pirates #GOP groups (peace guards «Gardian of Peace"). These pirates and sent a letter to the company through the computers of staff that all secrets stolen company, will soon become known all over the world, if Sony did not respond to them in the implementation of their demands. As a result of this attack, digital infrastructure for Sony knew severe damage: to the extent that staff over the week were forced to use the telephone and fax numbers to call and paper notes.
This is in addition to the publication as well as many copies of several films that have been published immediately on the Internet. Including "anger" starring Brad Pitt, in the first days of its publication has been loaded the film more than a million times!. Also, some sensitive data seized by pirates and posted publicly on the Internet, we are talking about the passport and visa details and other personal information to representatives and crew, including John Hill, Cameron Diaz and Angelina Jolie. The leaked as well as information about the company salaries: which will become an excuse for accusations of racism and discrimination on the basis of race by Sony.
1. Pirates of North Korea have their own style: The Wall Street Journal, citing the FBI says that the attack on Sony strongly reminiscent of "Operation Dark Seoul." Has started a year ago by unknown hackers, many companies and banks suffered in the attack on South Korea. Accused the then "Seoul" northern neighbors, but Pyongyang has not officially recognize it. The FBI believes that the hacker methods in both cases are very similar.
2.North koria has a reason to launch a devastating attack on Sony: The main reason that most experts doubt that the attack behind him pirates North Korea is approaching the premiere of the film "Interview", which depicts a plot Seth Rogen and James Franco to kill Kim Jong-un, North Korean leader. Pyongyang has strongly criticized the image produced by Sony for its neighbor that since the latter filed a complaint at the United Nations said in a statement, the film is a provocation which deserves "severe punishment". "Cyber attacks" is an extremely attractive to express anger North Korea and to demonstrate the capabilities of the country.
3. Do not be underestimated in the ability of pirates in North Korea: North Korea is almost out of the World Wide Web is the most isolated country in the world on the same although we in the twenty first century. But despite the ability of Korea in piracy and penetration can not be underestimated. Security Section of the Hewlett-Packard Company previously released in a detailed report, which describes the ability of this country in the field of information technology, especially piracy. He also notes that schools in North Korea are a particular focus on mathematics, which is the basis of programming education and the formation of programmers in the future.
4.pirates of North Korea are more organized than we imagine :Pirates of North Korea organized a successful electronic attacks on the United States, which is particularly targeted digital infrastructure and military. To fight external enemies the North Korean leadership has created many private collections in the field of piracy as "Unit 121" and "Lab 110". According to some data, these groups and persons trained in China, Russia and Iran two years ago, and signed Pyongyang and Tehran, an agreement on cooperation to defeat the "common enemy in cyberspace."
5. Part of the pirates North Korea working at a luxury hotel in China :In 2004, one of the defectors from North Korea said that the majority of pirates working in a hotel in the Chinese city of Shenyang, which are found on a few hours away from the border between the two countries.
6. pirates North Korea attack on holidays and events:
their point of strong is the surprise element because they attack during important events. For example, last year's attack happened on South Korea during the "dark Seoul process" in memory of the the Korean war and in July 4, 2009, feast of Independence, tried to break through a few US government sites.
Of course, even if this attack was not by hackers North Korea (despite all the reasons mentioned above), however, is in any case a victory for Kim Jong-un and his companions.
