US Federal Bureau of Investigation warns it will
"impose costs and consequences on individuals or nations" involved.
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FBI
says N Korea behind Sony hacking
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US
Federal Bureau of Investigation warns it will "impose costs and
consequences on individuals or nations" involved.
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updated: 19 Dec 2014 17:52
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The
cyber attack promoted Sony to cancel the Christmas release of the movie
"The Interview" [EPA]
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North
Korea was responsible for a "destructive" cyber attack on Sony
Pictures, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has said, warning it will
hunt down the perpetrators and make them pay.
"Such
acts of intimidation fall outside the bounds of acceptable state
behaviour," the FBI said in a statement on Friday, adding it would
"identify, pursue, and impose costs and consequences on individuals,
groups, or nation states who use cyber means to threaten the United States or
US interests."
The
FBI's case cited, among other factors, technical similarities between the
Sony break-in and past "malicious cyber activity" linked directly to
North Korea.
The FBI
based its conclusion on the following points:
- Malware used in the attack linked to
previous cyber attacks that originated in North Korea.
- The FBI also observed significant overlap
between the infrastructure used in this attack and other past malicious
cyber activity.
- Separately, the tools used in the latest
attack have similarities to a cyber attack in March of last year against
South Korean banks and media outlets
Obama
administration officials had previously declined to openly blame North Korea
but said they were weighing various options for a response. The statement on
Friday did not reveal what options were being considered.
President
Barack Obama is expected to face questions about the Sony hack at a year-end
news conference with reporters later on Friday.
The
break-in escalated to terrorist threats that promoted Sony to cancel the
Christmas release of the movie "The Interview". The comedy is about
a plot to assassinate North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-Un.
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US Secret Service review finds deep problems
Panel concludes that the Secret Service
needs a new director hired from outside, better training and more
officers.
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White House locks down over latest fence jump
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US
Secret Service review finds deep problems
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Panel concludes that the
Secret Service needs a new director hired from outside, better training and
more officers.
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updated: 19 Dec 2014 05:45
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A previous review concluded that poor staffing contributed to the
White House breach in September [Reuters]
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The US Secret Service is
an "insular" agency that needs a new director hired from outside to
improve training, according to former government officials who examined the
embattled agency after a man with a knife stormed the White House.
An executive summary of
the highly classified review revealed deep problems at the top of the Secret
Service, which is charged with guarding the US president and other senior
government officials.
"The next director
will have to make difficult choices, identifying clear priorities for
the organisation and holding management accountable for any failure to
achieve those priorities," the group wrote after interviewing
50 Secret Service employees.
"Only a director
from outside the Secret Service, removed from organisational traditions
and personal relationships, will be able to do the honest top-to-bottom
reassessment this will require.''
Homeland Security
Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement that the recommendations are
"astute, thorough and fair".
Johnson appointed a
four-member independent panel in October after a September 19 intrusion by an
Iraq war veteran who scaled the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn
and got deep inside the mansion before an off-duty agent stopped him.
Julia Pierson
resigned under fierce criticism
on October 1, less than two weeks after the September 19 intrusion. That
fence jumper breach came a day after the disclosure that an armed private
security contractor rode on an elevator with Obama in Atlanta in a breach of
protocol earlier in September.
The incident prompted the
panel's first recommendation to build a better fence "as soon as
possible". It recommended one that is at least 120 or 150 cm higher and
curves outward at the top to give agents more time to assess the risk of a
jumper.
In November, an
internal review concluded that training, poor staffing and a series of
missteps contributed to the breach.
Republican Representative
Jason Chaffetz, incoming chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform
Committee, on Thursday promised an independent congressional review of the
agency.
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