The hackers grouping responsible for the final year’s largest hacking fix on on Sony Pictures Entertainment left many clues which proves that the Sony's hackers, who called themselves Guardians of Peace (GOP), linked to North Korea, equally claimed past times the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Speaking at the International Conference on Cyber Security (ICCS) at Fordham University inwards New York on Wednesday, the managing director of the FBI defended his bureau's claim too said that the North Korean regime was involved inwards the massive cyber fix on against Sony Pictures – The Interview" — the Seth Rogen too James Franco-starring comedy centered only about a TV host too his producer assassinating North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, citing terror threats against painting present theatres.
So far, it is unclear how the attackers penetrated Sony Pictures' network. However, Comey said that FBI was even too then investigating how the hackers got the agency into the network that helped them to fetch huge total of confidential data, but he too noted that the fellowship had been targeted past times "spear phishing" campaigns—including 1 that occurred inwards September.
The FBI managing director too reaffirmed his concerns virtually the widely purpose of encryption on mobile devices, which would indirectly permit every individuals to "go dark" too avoid police delineate enforcement surveillance. This would made it impossible for police delineate enforcement to honor out bad actors. "There are pregnant populace security issues hither (and) nosotros quest to utter virtually it," Comey said.
