Dec 20 North Korea calls Sony hack claims 'slander,' threatens to retaliate By Andrew Mach Leaders in North Korea on Saturday called the Obama Administration's accusations that it was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures "groundless slander" and threatened to retaliate unless the United States agreed to conduct a joint investigation with them. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 12:50 Shields and Brooks on reconciling with Cuba, Sony censorship By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the choice to censor a Hollywood film about the assassination of Kim Jong-un, President Obama’s move to renew U.S. ties… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 3:23 Obama closes 2014 with remarks on Cuba, North Korea By PBS News Hour In a year-end news conference, President Obama discussed reestablishing ties with Cuba, the North Korean cyber-attack against Sony Pictures and race relations in America. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch How should the U.S. government respond to North Korea's attack on Sony? By PBS News Hour President Obama told the White House Press Corps that Sony was wrong to withdraw its film, “The Interview,” and that the U.S. would react “proportionally” to the damaging cyber-attack by North Korea. Judy Woodruff turns to Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike… Continue watching
Dec 19 Obama: 'Sony made a mistake' in shelving 'The Interview' By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Obama administration says it's determined the North Korean government was behind a devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment. The FBI announcement Friday is the first official statement blaming the isolated country for the cyber-attack. Continue reading
Dec 19 Are tougher U.S. sanctions against North Korea the right call after Sony hack? By Matthew Pennington and Eric Tucker, Associated Press Suspicions that North Korea was behind a destructive hacking attack against Sony Pictures and a threat against movie theaters are intensifying calls for tougher U.S. steps to cut that country's access to hard currency and declare it once more as… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 6:27 Does Sony's kibosh on 'The Interview' set a bad precedent? - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 2:18 White House, Hollywood respond to 'Interview' controversy - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 18 Sony emails reveal a studio with poor Internet security practices By Ted Bridis, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the weeks before hackers broke into Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio suffered significant technology outages it blamed on software flaws and incompetent technical staffers who weren't paying attention, even as hackers targeted executives to trick them into… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 6:29 Sony cancels release of movie at the center of security worries By PBS News Hour Continue watching