WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency began tapping into North Korean computer networks in 2010, an effort that ultimately helped provide evidence to persuade the Obama administration that Pyongyang was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
FBI Director James Comey takes a question from reporter during a news conference at the FBI office in Boston, Massachusetts November 18, 2014.
A computer keyboard with letters stacked forming the word ‘password’ is seen in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw, December 12, 2013.
President and CEO of Sony Corporation Kazuo Hirai speaks about Sony digital cameras at a Sony news conference during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 5, 2015.
President and CEO of Sony Corporation Kazuo Hirai speaks about Sony digital cameras at a Sony news conference during the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 5, 2015.
A computer keyboard with letters stacked forming the word ‘password’ is seen in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw, December 12, 2013.