FBI Director: Sony’s ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Revealed Their IP Addresses

Re:FBI Director: Sony’s ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Reveal... by Rooster61 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @04:02PM (#8853281)

I don't think the motive would be to start a war with DPRK. What I am afraid of is the use of this incident as "evidence" that our nation needs more "cybersecurity". This could help pass legislation previously blocked by congress due to insufficient evidence. There isn't much of a leap from declaring war on terrorism to declaring war on cyberterrorism, and we all know how that went.

I know my tin foil hat is showing, but it's a creepy possibility nonetheless, and is in no way distant from Washington's past antics.

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Re:FBI Director: Sony’s ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Reveal... by SwellJoe on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @04:05PM (#8853295)

That does make more sense, and is in line with past behavior of the Obama administration (prosecuting and imprisoning whistleblowers at a rate unprecedented in American politics).

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Re:FBI Director: Sony’s ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Reveal... by shillster on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @04:17PM (#8853368)

Tin foil hat or wool over your eyes... Its one or the other.

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Re:FBI Director: Sony’s ‘Sloppy’ North Korean Hackers Reveal... by knd775 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @04:48PM (#8853525)

Eh, not really.

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