SEOUL, Dec. 7 (EFE) .- North Korea denied today by a statement from his state news agency being behind the mysterious cyber attack suffered by Sony Pictures Studio, responsible for the film “The Interview” that caricatures leader Kim Jong-un.
An unnamed spokesman of the powerful Central Military Commission accused in the statement to “the South Korean puppet authorities” to extend the “rumor” that Pyongyang is behind the cyberattack.
He said North Korea know “why misdeeds has become the target of the attack” the Hollywood studio.
The computer attack came shortly after the November 28 Pyongyang threatened with “severe punishment” to the authors of “The Interview” comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco on a plan of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assassinate the North Korean leader.
Sony reported that a “large amount of confidential data” were stolen, including five films of the company, and many media and experts said North Korea was responsible for the action.
North Korean spokesman condemned Washington became the Pyongyang regime “in research objective” back and Seoul “linking baseless attack by hackers with the People’s Republic of Korea (official name of North Korea).”
He added that “hacking against Sony Pictures may have been an act of justice of supporters and sympathizers” of North Korea in response to the production of “The interview”.
film, which will be released next December 25 in the US, not project in South Korea in order to avoid further tensions in the always complicated relations with the communist neighbor to the north.
Both countries continue technically at war since the conflict that pitted between 1950 and 1953 ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
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