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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by webkike on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:04PM (#8765267)
Did you read the sentence literally right after your quoted text?

> That suggests, but does not prove that that the same group or individuals may have been behind both attacks.

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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by nikcub on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:15PM (#8765311)
Yes, and i'm saying that sharing a single IP in a botnet suggests nothing.
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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by webkike on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:28PM (#8765371)
How do you know it's a botnet? For all we know the attackers have list of compromised servers that they use. I know the distinction is thin, but it still exists.
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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by 001sky on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:12PM (#8765302)
That's obvious boilerplate, tho
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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by webkike on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:24PM (#8765352)
A concession to uncertainty is the difference between a religion and a science.
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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by 001sky on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @07:42PM (#8765411)
Wikipedia now has an article on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_your_ass

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Re:US Links North Korea to Sony Hacking by 001sky on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:21PM (#8765538)
"Intelligence officials believe with “99 percent certainty” that hackers working for the North Korean government carried out the attack, said one individual who was briefed on the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity."

--Washington Post

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