Re: FBI blames North Korea for Sony breach

["Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)" <michael.blanchard () emc com>]

I honestly do not think N. Korea is behind it....   It's not their style, if you will, as it's not big enough nor showy 
enough....  

 I still say that Sony pictures should release the movie to the world for free download on Christmas day instead...  
no-one would have to worry about any movie theater attacks, and they've already written off the 44Million they 
spent....  either that or push up the bluray release and release it on Christmas :-)

Michael P. Blanchard
Principal Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Cyber Security Services
EMC ² Corporation
32 Coslin Drive
Southboro, MA 01772


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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 2:09 PM
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Subject: [funsec] FBI blames North Korea for Sony breach

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30555997

OK, does this mean:

a) North Korea actually *is* behind the attack, or

b) the FBI is embarrassed about being the in dark, and is theorizing in advance of 
the facts?



(Most malware-aware analysts feel that a North Korean origin is unlikely:
http://grahamcluley.com/2014/12/north-korea-sony-pictures-hack/ )



(Another possibility is that someone is talking out of turn, and is about to get 
severely disciplined ...)

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