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The more I read about this blunder, the more I shake my head. Sony is really dropping the ball

by JTon 12y ago

sarciszewski 12y ago
To be fair, now FBI deserves some of the blame. I'd like to see exactly why they believe this was a specifically Korean thing and not a "North Korea used this same malware family they acquired elsewhere for their South Korea attack earlier" situation. http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-sony-investigation http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-so... Proposed Scenario: - Malware is developed independently - N Korean actors use a variant of it - GoP uses a variant of it A B C FBI hamfistedly assumes B -> C, not A->B and A->C.
- watty 12y ago
  To be fair, the FBI is a big organization which employs many intelligent individuals. It's very unlikely we know everything about this situation that they do.
  - sarciszewski 12y ago
    I suspect this press release was probably the result of internal politics more than actual competence or investigative ability.
  - fragsworth 12y ago
    However, it is well-known that big U.S. government organizations regularly come up with lies to serve their own interests. I would take everything they say with a grain of salt.
    - rudolf0 12y ago
      You're right, but I don't think they would make this accusation purely due to a mistake. In my opinion, there are 2 possibilities: 1. The FBI knows who did it and is telling the truth by saying it's North Korea. 2. The FBI knows who did it and is lying by saying it's North Korea. Personally I think they're telling the truth in this particular case.
  - recycleme 12y ago
    > It's very unlikely we know everything about this situation that they do. They explicitly mention that they are not sharing all of the evidence.
    - nitrogen 12y ago
      They explicitly mention that they are not sharing all of the evidence. This is a habit that needs to change if they want greater support among the informed.

The more I read about this blunder, the more I shake my head. Sony is really dropping the ball

by JTon 12y ago

The more I read about this blunder, the more I shake my head. Sony is really dropping the ball

To be fair, now FBI deserves some of the blame. I'd like to see exactly why they believe this was a specifically Korean thing and not a "North Korea used this same malware family they acquired elsewhere for their South Korea attack earlier" situation. http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-sony-investigation http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-so... Proposed Scenario: - Malware is developed independently - N Korean actors use a variant of it - GoP uses a variant of it A B C FBI hamfistedly assumes B -> C, not A->B and A->C.

watty 12y ago
To be fair, the FBI is a big organization which employs many intelligent individuals. It's very unlikely we know everything about this situation that they do.
- sarciszewski 12y ago
  I suspect this press release was probably the result of internal politics more than actual competence or investigative ability.
- fragsworth 12y ago
  However, it is well-known that big U.S. government organizations regularly come up with lies to serve their own interests. I would take everything they say with a grain of salt.
  - rudolf0 12y ago
    You're right, but I don't think they would make this accusation purely due to a mistake. In my opinion, there are 2 possibilities: 1. The FBI knows who did it and is telling the truth by saying it's North Korea. 2. The FBI knows who did it and is lying by saying it's North Korea. Personally I think they're telling the truth in this particular case.
- recycleme 12y ago
  > It's very unlikely we know everything about this situation that they do. They explicitly mention that they are not sharing all of the evidence.
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    They explicitly mention that they are not sharing all of the evidence. This is a habit that needs to change if they want greater support among the informed.