Firm briefs FBI on Sony hack, doubts NK involvement
Cyber intelligence company sees involvement from Sony employee in incident
The FBI have been briefed by U.S. security experts who have pointed to a source other than North Korea for the recent Sony hacking.
The cyber intelligence firm Norse have pointed to hackers working with a Sony employee. The company briefed the FBI Monday afternoon, a senior vice president at Norse told Politico on Monday.
The cyber intelligence community was taken aback by the how quickly the FBI had fingered the North as he culprits for the attack, said senior vice president of market development Kurt Stammberger, “because it’s really hard to pin this on anyone within days of the attack.”
The FBI said it welcomes contributions from the private sector on the ongoing investigation, but said it stands by its original conclusion.
“Attribution to North Korea is based on intelligence from the FBI, the U.S. intelligence community, DHS, foreign partners and the private sector,” a statement from the bureau said.
Challenges to the FBI’s conclusions have emerged on several fronts, with Taia Global Linguists’ analysisof the 20 messages purportedly sent by the hackers concluding that their native language is most likely Russian, and “not likely” Korean.
Security expert Bruce Schneier has also called the FBI’s evidence that the North carried out the attack “tenuous at best.”
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