Nation Sep 06 North Korean programmer charged in Sony hack, WannaCry attack By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Arts Feb 22 Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to Kesha after court denies injunction Taylor Swift has announced she will donate $250,000 to Kesha after a court ruled Friday that Kesha must continue to record with Dr. Luke, a producer who she says sexually assaulted her. By Corinne Segal
World Apr 16 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Al-Qaida seizes airport, oil terminal in Yemen In our news wrap Thursday, al-Qaida militants in Yemen took over a major airport, seaport and oil terminal in the country’s south today. The militants clashed with military forces before seizing control. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin adamantly denied that… By PBS News Hour
World Dec 25 Russia calls North Korea’s anger over Sony hack ‘understandable’ MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang’s anger was “quite understandable.” Washington failed to offer any proof to back… By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press
Dec 23 Obama applauds Sony’s decision to release ‘The Interview’ By Josh Lederman, Associated Press HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is applauding Sony Pictures Entertainment's decision to screen its film "The Interview" in a limited number of theaters. Continue reading
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 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