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FBI says Sony hackers 'got sloppy,' posted from North Korea addresses
2015-01-08
[IN.REUTERS] FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday that hackers behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment provided key clues to their identity by sometimes posting material from IP addresses used exclusively by the North Korean government.

The hackers, who called themselves "Guardians of Peace," sometimes "got sloppy" and failed to use proxy servers that would hide their identity, Comey said at the International Conference on Cyber Security in New York.

"The Guardians of Peace would send emails threatening Sony employees and post online various statements explaining their work. In nearly every case they would use proxy servers in sending those emails and posting those statements," Comey said.

"But several times they got sloppy. Several times, either because they forgot or they had a technical problem, they connected directly and we could see it," Comey said.

"We could see that the IP addresses they used ... were IPs that were exclusively used by the North Koreans. It was a mistake by them. It was a very clear indication of who was doing this. They would shut it off very quickly once they realized the mistake, but not before we saw them and knew where it was coming from," he added.
Posted by:Fred

#8  All your caterwauling is just spurring our ignorant civil servants to give up more info to the enemy.

They can't tell you how they know this without getting their sources killed.

SO SHUT THE F*CK UP, before the morons currently running our country actually tell you what they know.
Posted by: rammer   2015-01-08 22:28  

#7  I was thinking the same thing Pappy.

But then nobody has ever, ever, ever, spoofed an IP address or email address. Never in the entire history of the net...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-01-08 15:51  

#6  The problem with this is the back and forth with the FBI and their allegations short of evidence.

So, they have a North Korean IP address hacking, well who is using that address to hack.

Just because the IP is in DPRK does not mean the DPRK was using it to hack. Could have been Russia, or China.

They need to release logs and show proof before making international incident statements.

I think they are way off and so does Reeza.

When he looked at those addresses, China came and hacked him immediately.
Posted by: newc   2015-01-08 13:58  

#5  Any of these cybersecurity warriors ever consider that the IPs used might have been deliberate?
Posted by: Pappy   2015-01-08 13:29  

#4  Got to cover the WH narrative. Can you say Benghazi?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-01-08 09:24  

#3  Why doesn't Comey just send the Norks a "How To" memo? What a fool.
Posted by: jvalentour   2015-01-08 07:20  

#2  Rich that, the FBI referring to anyone as "sloppy."
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-01-08 01:26  

#1  "These aren't the droids you're looking for..."
Posted by: Raj   2015-01-08 01:23  

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