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Comment by JTon | Hacker News Reader

The more I read about this blunder, the more I shake my head. Sony is really dropping the ball

To be fair, now FBI deserves some of the blame. I'd like to see exactly why they believe this was a specifically Korean thing and not a "North Korea used this same malware family they acquired elsewhere for their South Korea attack earlier" situation.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/update-on-so...

Proposed Scenario:

    - Malware is developed independently
    - N Korean actors use a variant of it
    - GoP uses a variant of it

           A
        B     C

FBI hamfistedly assumes B -> C, not A->B and A->C.

To be fair, the FBI is a big organization which employs many intelligent individuals. It's very unlikely we know everything about this situation that they do.

I suspect this press release was probably the result of internal politics more than actual competence or investigative ability.

However, it is well-known that big U.S. government organizations regularly come up with lies to serve their own interests.

I would take everything they say with a grain of salt.

You're right, but I don't think they would make this accusation purely due to a mistake. In my opinion, there are 2 possibilities:

1. The FBI knows who did it and is telling the truth by saying it's North Korea. 2. The FBI knows who did it and is lying by saying it's North Korea.

Personally I think they're telling the truth in this particular case.

> It's very unlikely we know everything about this situation that they do.

They explicitly mention that they are not sharing all of the evidence.

They explicitly mention that they are not sharing all of the evidence.

This is a habit that needs to change if they want greater support among the informed.

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