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Comment author: ike 24 December 2014 02:39:35PM 7 points [-]

It is, of course, worrying in itself that there's an open question about whether an extortionist attack via malicious software on a huge company has been conducted by a nation-state, an organised crime group, or a bored teenager.

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Comment author: aausch 28 December 2014 07:52:57PM 4 points [-]

This whole incident is a perfect illustration of how technology is equalizing capability. In both the original attack against Sony, and this attack against North Korea, we can't tell the difference between a couple of hackers and a government.

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