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Or this could be some kind of reverse false flag operation (a soccer flop?) to give NK a platform to escalate some other negotiation point...

duaneb 12y ago
Or it could be an actual false flag operation by the US to instigate something.... Something is very weird about their attitude towards north korea regarding this break in.
- krapp 12y ago
  The US is not going to go to War with North Korea. So I don't know what they could 'instigate' that would be worth this much effort.
  - politician 12y ago
    Technically speaking, that's correct, one cannot begin something that is already ongoing.
    - krapp 12y ago
      Oops. Not going to go even more to war, then.
- cbd1984 12y ago
  You know, it can't be a false flag until there's actually a flag. Has anyone claimed responsibility for doing this yet?
  - duaneb 12y ago
    Well, the US government appears to be throwing its weight behind the "North Korea" idea without a whole lot of direct evidence.
  - ptosis 12y ago
    a film with a second-rate comedic actor about North Korea, which in the United States on its own being released normally, would draw precisely no one the only proof it has on North Korea’s involvement in the hacking, is “that the FBI said so,” apart from claims by the “Sony Pictures’ PR department.” Sony was domiciled in Japan, specifically in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. And so it’s a Japanese multi-national corporation not an American one. And one would think that some sort of an offence by a state actor or anyone else against the Japanese corporation would be a concern for the Japanese government, and not the United States government,” The North Korean government insisted on Saturday that it was not behind the hacking and proposed a joint investigation with the US to prove it had no involvement in the cyber attacks outraged by the film showing the assassination of leader Kim Jong Un - also claimed to have 'clear evidence' that the U.S. government engineered the project as a 'propaganda' attack against North Korea. the North Korean government is also convinced that directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were under direct instruction from U.S. officials, who told them to include extra scenes to 'insult the dignity' of North Korea a group calling themselves the Guardians of Peace has claimed credit. Guardians of Peace responded to the FBI with a message on Saturday, mocking their investigation and trolling them with a video that essentially called them idiots.
eyeareque 12y ago
That would be an interesting development, good point.
- digikata 12y ago
  It may not have been an intentionally initiated plan either. Say NK starts getting suspicious traffic, one possible response is to just pull the plug. I doubt that there are a lot of non-state users to worry about - and if an enemy of the state is blamed ... oh well.
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duaneb 12y ago

Or it could be an actual false flag operation by the US to instigate something.... Something is very weird about their attitude towards north korea regarding this break in.

krapp 12y ago
The US is not going to go to War with North Korea. So I don't know what they could 'instigate' that would be worth this much effort.
- politician 12y ago
  Technically speaking, that's correct, one cannot begin something that is already ongoing.
  - krapp 12y ago
    Oops. Not going to go even more to war, then.
cbd1984 12y ago
You know, it can't be a false flag until there's actually a flag. Has anyone claimed responsibility for doing this yet?
- duaneb 12y ago
  Well, the US government appears to be throwing its weight behind the "North Korea" idea without a whole lot of direct evidence.
- ptosis 12y ago
  a film with a second-rate comedic actor about North Korea, which in the United States on its own being released normally, would draw precisely no one the only proof it has on North Korea’s involvement in the hacking, is “that the FBI said so,” apart from claims by the “Sony Pictures’ PR department.” Sony was domiciled in Japan, specifically in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. And so it’s a Japanese multi-national corporation not an American one. And one would think that some sort of an offence by a state actor or anyone else against the Japanese corporation would be a concern for the Japanese government, and not the United States government,” The North Korean government insisted on Saturday that it was not behind the hacking and proposed a joint investigation with the US to prove it had no involvement in the cyber attacks outraged by the film showing the assassination of leader Kim Jong Un - also claimed to have 'clear evidence' that the U.S. government engineered the project as a 'propaganda' attack against North Korea. the North Korean government is also convinced that directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were under direct instruction from U.S. officials, who told them to include extra scenes to 'insult the dignity' of North Korea a group calling themselves the Guardians of Peace has claimed credit. Guardians of Peace responded to the FBI with a message on Saturday, mocking their investigation and trolling them with a video that essentially called them idiots.

eyeareque 12y ago

That would be an interesting development, good point.

digikata 12y ago
It may not have been an intentionally initiated plan either. Say NK starts getting suspicious traffic, one possible response is to just pull the plug. I doubt that there are a lot of non-state users to worry about - and if an enemy of the state is blamed ... oh well.

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