The FBI is so determined to keep the fiction of North Korea being behind the Sony Pictures hack that they did something long unthinkable. They released part of the “evidence” underpinning the claim.
The FBI insisted that some of the emails sent to Sony executives were sent without using a proxy server, and subsequently their “real” IP addresses were believed to have been exposed, and were associated with North Korea.
The security experts doubt the claim, however, saying on the one hand that it is unlikely the hackers suddenly forgot about proxy servers, and doubly unlikely that the IP addresses, even if they were confirmed, could really be conclusively attached to North Korea.
An equally likely possibility is that the IP addresses the FBI is attributing to the hack are themselves proxies, and that the hackers simply hijacked the same addresses as previous attacks that the FBI also tried to pin on North Korea, giving the bureau an excuse to believe what they wanted to believe all along.
Yeah, as if global high-tech company Sony is easier to hack than some state controlled servers in struggling North Korea.
FBI has lost the plot… a long while back. The simplest sense of logic has left the building. What worries is that only a few seem to care. Would you sleep at night if your secret service and oversight committees were populated by toddlers?
Do you honestly suppose that incompetence is the explanation? I find it far easier to suppose that the 'facts' are being fixed to support the policy.
Please excuse me that I use this entry because all articles about Ukraine are no-comments allowed. This morning the reliable Dutch newspaper NRC-Handelsblad reports that the Government of Ukraine was warned that flying any aircraft over Eastern Ukraine was dangerous but did not pass this information on to the airlines. That knowledge was obtained a few days before the passenger plane was shot down over the dangerous area. Given the events in France this news may get buried.