The Daily Beast: No, North Korea Didn't Hack Sony

[LiberalElite]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/24/no-north-korea-didn-t-hack-sony.html

"The FBI and the President may claim that the Hermit Kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever. But almost all signs point in another direction.
So, “The Interview” is to be released after all.
The news that the satirical movie—which revolves around a plot to murder Kim Jong-Un—will have a Christmas Day release as planned, will prompt renewed scrutiny of whether, as the US authorities have officially claimed, the cyber attack on Sony really was the work of an elite group of North Korean government hackers.

All the evidence leads me to believe that the great Sony Pictures hack of 2014 is far more likely to be the work of one disgruntled employee facing a pink slip."

[jeff47]

1. So he throws away what the FBI says

and then fails to provide any evidence of his "single employee" position.

Lovely.

Hey "cybersecurity expert". Why would your disgruntled employee need malware at all? Those hardcoded paths you cite would mean he had access to the data long before he was fired. Why would he need to resort to malware to get it?

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Another "expert" opines. Quelle Surprise!

[daredtowork]

3. Speaking of which

I've been fascinated by this livemap someone posted:

http://map.ipviking.com/

I realize it's only a "representative" selection of data, but I presume it's an actual slice and not cherrypicked.

Is there a way to tell from this map whether a serious hacking event is going on, as opposed to the sort of normal stuff that goes on every day?

[LiberalElite]

4. How come they're not hitting the East Coast? nt

[daredtowork]

5. They have specific targets

They mainly aim for St. Louis (and surrounding cities) and Seattle. This makes it look like the main attacks on the US are "hacktivism".

Again, I'm not sure whether Norse is selecting the data here.

The first night I looked at this, most of the attacks were coming FROM the US (or making use of proxies here).