The FBI says there’s no link between North Korea and the Sony hack

Just when you start to think North Korea might have actually been involved in the devastating Sony hacks the past couple of weeks, the FBI’s first public statement on the matter suggests otherwise. At a cybersecurity panel earlier today, Joe Demarest, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, told attendees, “There is no attribution to North Korea at this point” according to Reuters. An FBI spokesman said the agency is still searching for the hackers, but wouldn’t provide additional information. Several researchers have suggested that North Korea – or at least North Korean sympathizers – were behind the attack as retaliation…
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