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State Dept. remarks on Sony hack
Just as President Obama’s news conference was wrapping up, the State Department news conference was beginning. The questions were a little more detailed, as you’d expect from reporters who understand the ins and outs of U.S. foreign relations so well. They centered around the option of putting North Korea back on the list of state sponsors…
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Obama on hack: dictators can’t impose censorship in the U.S.
Hours after the FBI fingered North Korea as responsible for the cyber attack on Sony, President Obama spoke at his year-end news conference. The first question asked was regarding the Sony hack and his response to the news of North Korea’s involvement. The president spoke forcefully and strongly about Sony’s decision to pull the movie,…
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FBI blames North Korea for Sony hack
The FBI has blamed North Korea for the massive cyber attack on Sony. Here’s the agency’s statement in full: Today, the FBI would like to provide an update on the status of our investigation into the cyber attack targeting Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In late November, SPE confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber…
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DOD on acts of war in cyberspace
Friday’s news conference at the Department of Defense came before the FBI blamed North Korea for the attack on Sony, but Pentagon spokesman John Kirby did address issues surrounding cyber defense and the sticky question of what exactly is an “act of war” on the Internet. “I’m not able to lay out in any specificity for…
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Harsh reaction follows Sony’s canceling of “The Interview”
A day after Sony said it would not be releasing “The Interview” movie in theaters, on DVDs or online, reaction from Hollywood, politicians and TV commentators in the U.S. has been harsh. The mood was perhaps summed up best by Rob Lowe: Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. An utter and complete victory for them.…
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Sony pulls ‘The Interview’
So much for standing up to terrorists. Bowing to the demands of hackers and handing them a major victory, Sony said Wednesday that it is pulling “The Interview” from movie theaters. The movie, which was due to open on December 25, follows two American showbiz reporters offered the chance to interview Kim Jong Un. Before they…
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US declassifies Pueblo incident narrative
The U.S. Air Force has declassified part of a history of the Pueblo incident, the 1968 capture of the electronics and signals intelligence ship U.S.S. Pueblo by North Korean forces. The document was prepared by the U.S. Air Force Security Service in April 1968 and provides a detailed narrative of the incident, with timings down…
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Kim Il Sung University opens website
Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious seat of higher learning, has become the first university in the country to launch a website on the global Internet. The site is available in Korean and English and is being served from a computer in Pyongyang. It joins a handful of other websites that are run…
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Pyongyang breaks silence on Sony hack
Two weeks after computers at Sony Pictures were taken offline by a major hack and just over a week since North Korea was mentioned as a suspect, the country’s state media has commented for the first time and denied any involvement in the attack. In a report on Sunday, the Korean Central News Agency carried…
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Defector media outlets align, want AM radio outlet
Four of South Korea’s leading defector-run media outlets have begun jointly lobbying the government on issues of mutual interest and their first target appears to be a mediumwave (AM) radio frequency. Radio Free Chosun, Open Radio for North Korea, Daily NK and OTV have come together under the “Unification Media Group,” Daily NK reported. The four have a…
