>>"When asked if it was involved in the attack a spokesman for the North Korean government replied: "Wait and see."
EDIT: To be clear, I am aware NK likes to look tough and can totally be taking credit for something they did not do. It's just that ominous replies like this spokesman gave makes it appear slightly less boogeyman'ish as compared to how the media loves implicating China & Russia in every cyber-attack story without bothering inform the general public about stuff like proxies.
Consider the amount of time, money, and effort North Korea has invested in presenting the image of a rabid dog to foreign policymakers, in hopes of improving that nation's ability to maintain its sovereignty against the threats it perceives from all sides, and particularly from the United States. Given that, what else would you expect? Honesty?
Yeah, think about it. Who benefits from the idea that North Korea is behind this? Literally everyone.
Hell, they could even have contributed by donating VPN capacity to leave the tell-tale footprint or whatever without providing any of the actual talent to pull off this operation.
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So, I'm totally with you on all these foreign-boogeyman stories but this one is a bit different:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30283573
>>"When asked if it was involved in the attack a spokesman for the North Korean government replied: "Wait and see."
EDIT: To be clear, I am aware NK likes to look tough and can totally be taking credit for something they did not do. It's just that ominous replies like this spokesman gave makes it appear slightly less boogeyman'ish as compared to how the media loves implicating China & Russia in every cyber-attack story without bothering inform the general public about stuff like proxies.
Consider the amount of time, money, and effort North Korea has invested in presenting the image of a rabid dog to foreign policymakers, in hopes of improving that nation's ability to maintain its sovereignty against the threats it perceives from all sides, and particularly from the United States. Given that, what else would you expect? Honesty?
Yeah, think about it. Who benefits from the idea that North Korea is behind this? Literally everyone.
Hell, they could even have contributed by donating VPN capacity to leave the tell-tale footprint or whatever without providing any of the actual talent to pull off this operation.