Doubts Persist Over North Korean Link to Sony Hack Despite NSA Claim
Despite documents showing the U.S. National Security Agency has infiltrated North Korean networks, security experts continue to doubt the country orchestrated the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.
Recent reports alleging that the National Security Agency has infiltrated North Korean networks and collected evidence connecting the country's leadership with the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment should have settled the question of who was responsible for the brazen breach of the Hollywood studio's data assets. Yet, doubts persist.
On Jan. 17, German news magazine Der Spiegel outed more NSA documents from the archive of data leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden, including a classified brief that described some of the NSA's efforts in infiltrating North Korea's networks. The next day, The New York Times reported that information from the NSA was the key factor in attributing the attack on Sony Pictures to North Korea.
