Las Vegas (USA), 5 Dec (EFE) .- The president and CEO of Sony, Kazuo Hirai, said today in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) that the cyber attack attributed to Korea North and suffered by the Hollywood studio that Japanese corporation was “ruthless” and “stingy”.
Hirai used his visit to the exhibition of electronics CES starting on Tuesday in the city of casinos to speaking for the first time in public about that event has ended up generating a new escalation of tension between Washington and Pyongyang.
“Both former employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment and as certainly present were unfortunately victims one of the most ruthless and mean cyberattacks we have known in recent history, “the Japanese executive at Sony’s conference at the Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Hirai thanked all those who have raised voice against “effort to extort” a Sony by some hackers called “criminals”, without mentioning its origin or its ties with North Korea.
The cyberattack was end November and exposed the personal information of thousands of workers and former workers of the film studio, including their tax IDs, and led to an ultimatum to Sony not premiered the film “The Interview” whose debut was set for December 25 .
The film is a comedy that tells a plan to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“The Interview” was canceled at first for fear of an attack but eventually was distributed via digital platforms and in 580 cinemas, the most independent, US and Canada.
“Freedom of expression and association are important life values of Sony and our entertainment business,” said Hirai.
An investigation by the FBI concluded that the attack was orchestrated from North Korea, although the Asian country, which even called “The Interview” as an act of war, has denied any involvement in the cyberattack.
On Friday President Barack Obama authorized the imposition of new sanctions against Pyongyang in response to the attack on Sony.
The measures announced by the White House affect three North Korean entities, including government intelligence agency, and ten people who work for these companies and for the North Korean government.
North Korea this week called “hostile” measures of Washington, the state news agency KCNA reported.
“Persistent and unilateral action by the White House to slap sanctions on DPRK (North Korea) clearly demonstrates the hopeless disgust and hostility felt toward the DPRK, “said a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in English by KCNA. EFE
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