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According to a New York Times report, the US National Security Agency had ways to access and monitor North Korea's computer systems since 2010. This could be a means how US could have proof supporting its claim that North Korea was behind the cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The newspaper based on briefed operations and disclosed documents said the US was able to directly access computer networks of Pyongyang with the help from Seoul and other US allies after hacking through China's computer networks that give access to North Korea to the outside world.
According to the report, the NSA started to put malware in computer networks of North Korea in 2010 aimed to monitor Pyongyang's nuclear program and its government and later, the aim shifted in 2013 following the cyber-attack on South Korean financial and media companies.
US President Barack Obama released new economic sanctions on North Korea after evidence gathered by US malware suggests that Pyongyang ordered the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The newspaper based on briefed operations and disclosed documents said the US was able to directly access computer networks of Pyongyang with the help from Seoul and other US allies after hacking through China's computer networks that give access to North Korea to the outside world.
According to the report, the NSA started to put malware in computer networks of North Korea in 2010 aimed to monitor Pyongyang's nuclear program and its government and later, the aim shifted in 2013 following the cyber-attack on South Korean financial and media companies.
US President Barack Obama released new economic sanctions on North Korea after evidence gathered by US malware suggests that Pyongyang ordered the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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