FBI briefed on the possibility the Sony hacking was an inside job
The Sony hacking story is getting interesting: a couple of days ago a group of security researchers released a report which cast doubt on whether or not North Korea was being the hacking and today we are learning that the FBI is being briefed on the possibility that the hacking was an inside job.
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FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack.
Even the unprecedented decision to release details of an ongoing FBI investigation and President Barack Obama publicly blaming the hermit authoritarian regime hasn’t quieted a chorus of well-qualified skeptics who say the evidence just doesn’t add up.
Researchers from the cyber intelligence company Norse have said their own investigation into the data on the Sony attack doesn’t point to North Korea at all and instead indicates some combination of a disgruntled employee and hackers for piracy groups is at fault.
According to the story the FBI is sticking to its original findings but that it is willing to listen to other possibilities. One of the major cyber intelligence companies finds the FBI’s quick initial finding to be troubling.
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Norse, one of the world’s leading cyber intelligence firms, has been researching the hack since it was made public just before Thanksgiving.
Norse’s senior vice president of market development said that just the quickness of the FBI’s conclusion that North Korea was responsible was a red flag.
“When the FBI made the announcement so soon after the initial hack was unveiled, everyone in the [cyber] intelligence community kind of raised their eyebrows at it, because it’s really hard to pin this on anyone within days of the attack,” Kurt Stammberger said in an interview as his company briefed FBI investigators Monday afternoon.
This calls into question the validity of the initial report, unless there was prior knowledge of an attack it seems unlikely the FBI could have legitimately come to a conclusion so quickly.
We saw Sony reap the benefits of the initial report when they used it as a publicity stunt to promote “The Interview” but why would the Obama regime be so quick to blame a foreign nation? Was there are ulterior motive? We know this regime does not believe in letting a good crisis go to waste so look for a push for more internet regulations under the veil of national security.
