N. Korea hacks Sony in revenge for Seth Rogen's film "The Interview"

[derspiess]

The ironic thing about the Red Dawn remake was that they changed the villains from Chinese to North Korean.  But given that the North Koreans had somehow pulled off invading the US and wreaking a certain level of havoc, I guess the Norks weren't quite so bothered with it.

[dps]

FBI is now saying no doubt it was NK.

Yep, according to the FBI, the NK had a turncoat American do it for them.  Some guy named Richard Jewell.

[Admiral Yi]

I couldn't see how they could have done it in-house.  Only 50 people in the country have even been on the internet.

[Admiral Yi]

That was a joke, wasn't it. 

[Razgovory]

That was a joke, wasn't it. 

It would have been funny back in 1997.

[CountDeMoney]

Maybe they'll give his mother back her Tupperware.

[sbr]

I couldn't see how they could have done it in-house.  Only 50 people in the country have even been on the internet.

Would it matter if they did it in-house or subcontracted it out?

[CountDeMoney]

I couldn't see how they could have done it in-house.  Only 50 people in the country have even been on the internet.

Would it matter if they did it in-house or subcontracted it out?

Gotta follow the trail.

[sbr]

I couldn't see how they could have done it in-house.  Only 50 people in the country have even been on the internet.

Gotta follow the trail.

If we know NK was responsible, would it matter if they did it in-house or subcontracted it out?

[Tonitrus]

Depends on who they subcontracted out to.  The more to blame, the merrier.

[CountDeMoney]

If we know NK was responsible, would it matter if they did it in-house or subcontracted it out?

Sure;  there are legal and judicial acts we could take against third parties in, say, Singapore or wherever that we couldn't with NK.

[Razgovory]

Not a lot of ISPs in North Korea.  I imagine they did in some third country without that third country even knowing.  Hell, they could have been operating in the US.  It was pretty fucking obvious who it was.  What hacker group would call themselves "Guardians of Peace"?  Typical clueless commie bullshit.

[Razgovory]

The ironic thing about the Red Dawn remake was that they changed the villains from Chinese to North Korean.  But given that the North Koreans had somehow pulled off invading the US and wreaking a certain level of havoc, I guess the Norks weren't quite so bothered with it.

In the future the foreign market conscious exec will require the villains be Ruritanians.

[Martinus]

Now that you can pay for a character boost in WoW, I guess there are many Korean WoW farmers out of work.

Kekekekeke.

[Admiral Yi]

If we know NK was responsible, would it matter if they did it in-house or subcontracted it out?

In terms of legality, I would expect not.  In terms of political theater, probably yeah.  You arrest the flunky and you can spin it like you've wielded your mailed fist against the wrongdoer.