North Korea Responds With Fury To US Sanctions Over Sony Hack
Source: Guardian UK
Haroon Siddique and agencies
Sunday 4 January 2015 06.29 EST
North Korea has furiously denounced the United States for imposing sanctions in retaliation for the Pyongyang regimes alleged cyber-attack on Sony Pictures.
North Koreas foreign ministry reiterated that it did not have any role in the breach of tens of thousands of confidential Sony emails and business files and accused the US of groundlessly stirring up hostility towards Pyongyang. He said the new sanctions would not weaken the countrys 1.2 million-strong military.
The policy persistently pursued by the US to stifle the DPRK [North Korea], groundlessly stirring up bad blood towards it, will only harden its will and resolution to defend the sovereignty of the country, Norths state-run KCNA news agency quoted the unnamed spokesman as saying on Sunday.
On Friday, the US sanctioned 10 North Korean government officials and three organisations, including Pyongyangs primary intelligence agency and state-run arms dealer, in what the White House described as an opening move in the response towards the Sony cyber-attack. It was the first time the US has imposed sanctions on another nation in direct retaliation for hacking an American company. Barack Obama also warned that the US was considering whether to put the authoritarian regime back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/04/north-korea-fury-us-sanctions-sony
elzenmahn
(904 posts)A couple of observations:
"It was the first time the US has imposed sanctions on another nation in direct retaliation for hacking an American company".
>> Sony is not an American company - it's Japanese. Funny that the Guardian missed that....hmmmm.
"Barack Obama also warned that the US was considering whether to put the authoritarian regime back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism."
>> What's up with them ever getting off of that list in the first place? It's what they are - it's what they do.
>>And as for DPRK's "vociferous" objections - would you believe a word that emanated from the upper frontal orifice of their Fearless Leader? I wouldn't...
Veilex
(1,555 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)The company was originally Columbia Pictures. Sony bought it from Coca-Cola in the 80's.
They own the old MGM lot in Culver City, produce US-based movies, and have produced TV shows such as Seinfeld, among many others. As such, they employ tens of thousands of US citizens.
So, while technically, they may be Japanese owned, the hack impacted a US corporation and its US employees.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)...there appears to be some doubt they actually did it.
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)released last week that indicated it was an inside job?
Then again, we need a war to keep the war machine in $$$.
razorman
(1,644 posts)in San Bernadino.
PSPS
(13,603 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)Internet bloggers?
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)The US government is not going to release that information to the general public so as everyone would know how they did it.
TOP SECRET. You don't have a need to know.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)in order to protect themselves from future attacks. To not provide that information would be criminal and stupid. Now the general public SHOULD be interested because our government lies to us and makes us go to wars over silly shit like this. So yes I HAVE A NEED TO KNOW.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)in which case the government doesn't want that to be fixed.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)The people who say inside job have produced no evidence whatsoever.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)To have an international blow up over something so stupid and not proven. So what. Let the company ( Sony) handle it. The free publicity they've received is priceless.
Meanwhile our CIA/NSA is listening to to heads of state. While Maggie was pissed off about it, I didn't see this much hoopla.
Me thinks this theres more to the story.
PSPS
(13,603 posts)I agree. Sadly, though, we now live in a corporate state whose sole purpose is to act on behalf of corporations, even if it involves thinking up a false pretext and getting the "president" to promote its products.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)What is USA's rush to impose sanctions. We are looking like bullies with these constant sanctions when there are obvious questions about FBI Report? Same thing over Ukraine.
What happened to Diplomacy. Sending seasoned diplomats into negotiations.
PBO admitted "Sanctions didn't work after 50 years with Cuba" so he looks hypocritical.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Wait ...uhm ...didn't some freaky looking basket ball dude already do that? What's next ...we go to war for Sony? We'll probably have to wait on that until the oligarchy completely takes over our Democracy ...which shouldn't be too long from now.
davidthegnome
(2,983 posts)That's pretty impotent fury. North Korea won't do anything without the backing of China - and China won't do much because they need us to buy all their poorly made shit. I always thought of "fury" as being like hopping mad, I don't know... angry enough to chew nails, shouting, getting ready for war, punching someone in the nose. A more appropriate headline might have been, "North Korea blah blah. Nobody cares, but we needed a catchy headline to snag some viewers".
Fuck them. I don't care if they were responsible for it or not, I don't even care what we do about it. This is all pretty damned pointless.
mainer
(12,022 posts)First of all, we don't know that North Korea was behind the hack.
Second, the movie is stupid.
Third, imagine if any country made a film depicting the assassination of our sitting President. We would be outraged and up in arms. The film doesn't just joke ABOUT the killing of Kim -- it actually shows his gruesome death. Not only is it not funny, it's in horrific taste. I am appalled by it. Just turn the tables and think about it.
People make terrible, tasteless movies all the time. Get over it.
World Police was better.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)A film WAS made about the assassination of our sitting President -- George Bush. Death of a President was made in 2006. When it was criticized posters on DU thought it was just fine -- free speech and all.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)Will we go to war for Sony too? It's a joke ...right?
randome
(34,845 posts)Sanctions are pretty much automatic once the country of origin is identified. Despite what some other hacking group says, I doubt we're imposing sanctions without understanding their appropriateness.
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L0oniX
(31,493 posts)I'm sure Cuban like sanctions will teach them not to hack into corporations.