FBI officially concludes North Korea cyberattack on Sony Pictures

Late on December 19, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officially concluded its investigation into the Sony Pictures cyber attack, accusing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of ​​being behind the attack.

The FBI's investigation concluded that the tools and infrastructure used in the attack were similar to previous North Korean operations.

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According to Reuters, the FBI also said that the cyber attack was also linked to China as the server system in this country was likely used for the attack.

The conclusion of the investigation into the Sony cyber attack, released by the FBI just hours after Sony Pictures received an email from the hackers demanding that the company completely delete all data about the movie "The Interview" on its websites so that there would be "no sign that it exists."

The White House on December 18 declared the attack a serious threat to US national security and considered publicly concluding that North Korea was the culprit of the attack. And according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest did not rule out the possibility that US President Obama, in an upcoming press conference, will announce new sanctions against North Korea.

On the North Korean side, the government previously denied the suspicions and accusations against them but implicitly approved of the attack.

Last month, Sony Pictures' computer systems crashed. Before the server screen went dark, it displayed an image of a red skull and the phrase "Hacked By #GOP," which is believed to stand for Guardians of Peace.

According to The Times, the hackers warned that they would "secretly" release data stolen from Sony's servers.

Days later, five unreleased Sony Pictures films were leaked online with the titles "Fury," "Still Alice," "Annie," "Mr. Turner" and "To Write Love On Her Arms."

In addition, important personal data including passwords, Outlook mailboxes, employee data and passport copies of two actors and crew of a film project were posted online.

And most recently, the script for the next 007 blockbuster was also said to have been stolen by hackers.

According to Vietnam+