Written by: theantimedia.org
Cyber terrorism is bad thing. In fact, according to the US government, it’s a major crime which is punishable by life in prison.
However, on the heels of Sony’s recent hacking and subsequent blaming of the North Korean government, the US has sanctioned its own cyber terror attack against North Korea, according to a credible source who contacted The Anti-Media. At the time of posting the article, North Korea has completely disappeared from the internet. The damage the US is hoping to do is not just intellectual, but is aimed at causing physical harm to the North Korean economy and by default its civilian population.
But it doesn’t stop there. According to our sources, the US is also planning on launching more cyber attacks against North Korea’s banking system which could start as early as tonight.
There’s more. Though not concrete, there is also talk of covert military actions against North Korean infrastructure which include: hospitals, military bases, and nuclear facilities in the very near future.
The most troublesome of all these acts is that it’s highly unlikely that the North Korean government was actually behind the hacking of Sony. Firstly, North Korean technology is years, if not decades behind current US cyber security standards. Secondly, North Korea had all but nothing to gain from hacking Sony. As we reported on Saturday, Sony employees with knowledge of their network security believe it was an inside job:
“My gut instinct was, ‘Oh no, is it the North Koreans?…For two seconds it was the North Koreans, and then the younger guys in our office who know way more about computers were, like, ‘No way. You’d have to know Sony’s network, it has to be somebody on the inside,” –Evan Goldberg, co-director of The Interview
Furthermore, hackers from the Anonymous Collective have also said that North Korea is not behind the hack:
“While the FBI, President Obama, and George Clooney seem thoroughly convinced that the Guardians of Peace are the work of Pyongyang—the name “Guardians of Peace” comes from a quote used by former President Richard Nixon describing South Korea—many hackers online have questioned the allocation of blame from Day One, including former Lulzsec hacker turned government information Sabu, who maintains they “don’t have the technical capabilities,” and Anonymous, who wrote, “we all know the hacks didn’t come from North Korea,” and threatened to launch further hacks against Sony if they don’t release the film online.”
Barack Obama has promised to retaliate against North Korea for hacking the Japanese company, and he has followed through on his promise it seems.
Why is the US government conducting cyber espionage against foreign governments over the hacking of a private corporation? Why have US officials placed sole blame on the North Korean government without having evidence that they were indeed behind the attack? Will the US be held to its own legal standard when it comes to being punished for cyber terrorism?
Let’s hope that this information can help prevent another needless US government incursion into a foreign government’s internal affairs.
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF02/20130709/101104/HHRG-113-IF02-Wstate-WortzelL-20130709-U1.pdf
Usually terms like “but it doesn’t stop there” and “there’s more” are reserved for information that’s shocking or outrageous, of which this is neither.
If you want to call it “terrorism” any time it’s done, then by that logic, it’s “terrorism” any time someone is killed in a theater of war.
In the framework you suggest, you *need* there to be a conspiracy. Because without one, what you have is a country counter-attacking an attack, which would be completely reasonable.
A cornerstone of the conspiracy suggestion is that NK isn’t technologically advanced enough to carry out these attacks. They have nuclear weapons and have put things in orbit. They can certainly coordinate an attack that Anonymous could.
You’re crying wolf. Keep doing that, and you’re going to destroy our credibility.
Maybe it was just to generate great free advertising for a not so great movie.
we all know sony did this to their own company . . .sony is ruthless. . .they needed to make this movie noticed.
“While the FBI, President Obama, and George Clooney seem thoroughly convinced that the Guardians of Peace are the work of Pyongyang—the name “Guardians of Peace” comes from a quote used by former President Richard Nixon describing South Korea—many hackers online have questioned the allocation of blame from Day One, including former Lulzsec hacker turned government information Sabu, who maintains they “don’t have the technical capabilities,”
This is from a North Korean defector.
“How they’re trained: Mirim University produces most of the hackers that get placed in Bureau 121. It’s a highly competitive program, with each class accepting only about 100 students out of 5,000 applicants. They take six 90-minute classes every day, learning different coding languages and operating systems, from C to Linux. Jang says a lot of time was spent dissecting Microsoft programs, like the Windows operating system, and how to attack the overall computer IT systems of enemy countries like the US or South Korea.
But the core principle is to develop its own hacking programs and computer viruses without having to rely on programs already built in the outside world. Jang says he believes North Korean hackers are as good as the top programmers at Google or CIA, if not already better. “Especially in terms of coding, I’m confident they’re better because they’ve invested in it for so long,” he says.”
Clearly they have the capability.
What I found odd about the whole North Korean thing, was that for a company who has no free media, and no internet how the fuck did they know which “celebrity” emails to release? Obviously in America, we know who George Clooney, or Natalie Portman are, but would they? I mean the specific “celebrity” emails they released seems specifically targeted. If they don’t have access to American movies over there then how the fuck would they know who those people are?
Who cares?….. This isnt any of the united states business,i despise how america acts like they have to interfere with everything and everyone’s problems. Dumb ass people. And that damn president in office cant stay out of anything. I wish i ran the country, it would be a much better place
Someone should do something about NK. The leader is a psychotic tyrant. If he keeps it up, some United Nations member country is going to go in and quietly deal with him. The man threatened to lob nukes craps sake.
What three countries have been making the most noise about US overseas policy? Russia, China and North Korea. 2/3rds of eastern Europe. Nk may have not done it by themselves, but China and Russia has the know how.