North Korea responsible for Sony Cyber-Terrorist Attack, FBI (Updated)

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Why leaders even exist? or countrys? i have never understand it. That brings only problems and nobody need leaders. We have a "Country" calld world and we are all humans. Hope the evolution goes faster and some ppls understand whats realy going on in the World.
 

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Hackers rickroll'd FBI with a video calling it "an idiot"
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been rickroll'd by the hackers behind the Sony hack in a new message which at first appears to praise it for an "excellent" investigation.

The hackers, calling themselves "Guardians of Peace," said in the message that "The result of investigation by FBI is so excellent that you might have seen what we were doing with your own eyes. We congratulate you success. FBI is the BEST in the world."

The hackers broke into Sony's systems and stole data a month ago, then demanded the movie, The Interview, be withdrawn because it features a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.Sony caved in to the demands after the group leaked the personal details of employees.

The message then contained a link which the group said was a "gift for FBI", however, the link went to a video instead in an attempt to rickroll the investigators. The video features a series of smiley faces on animated bodies dancing and shrieking, "You are an idiot!"


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Obama Says Sony Hack Is Not an Act of War
U.S. President Barack Obama moved to prevent U.S. anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism.

Washington’s long-standing dispute with North Korea, which for years has centered on its nuclear weapons program, has entered new territory with the accusation that Pyongyang carried out an assault on a major Hollywood entertainment company.

Obama and his advisers are weighing a range of options on how to punish North Korea for the attack after the FBI concluded on Friday that Pyongyang was responsible. North Korea has denied it was to blame.

The hack attack and subsequent threats of violence against theaters showing the film prompted Sony to withdraw a comedy, “The Interview,” prepared for release to movie theaters during the holiday season. The movie depicts the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Obama and free speech advocates criticized the studio’s decision, but Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton defended it.

Obama put the hack in the context of a crime.

No, I don’t think it was an act of war,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union with Candy Crowley” show, which was taped on Friday and aired on Sunday. “I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately.
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