Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Linguists identified unfamiliar phrasing in about 2,000 difference from hacker emails and posts that might have been penned by a Russian local speaker.
What if wasn’t North Korea after all?
In a debate over a Sony hacking, supervision officials have indicted a sequestered comrade nation of hacking Sony, though confidence analysts disagree Russian hackers might be a culprit.
“Our rough formula uncover that Sony’s enemy were many expected Russian, presumably though not expected Korean and really not Mandarin Chinese or German,” a Seattle-based association wrote in a Christmas Eve blog post.
KCNA/REUTERS Writing samples from a “Guardians of Peace” hackers advise a Russian orator might be behind it all, though a Korean orator is possible, too.
Linguists analyzed about 2,000 difference in strangely worded emails and posts by a “Guardians of Peace,” though a commentary are not adequate to interpretation North Korea spawned a cyber attacks that started Nov. 24.
The emails are surprisingly plentiful, Taia Global boss Jeffrey Carr, said.
KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/REUTERS The Sony penetrate pursuit led to a array of emails being leaked to a open starting Nov. 24 before threats of assault were done per a recover of Sony’s film “The Interview.”
The emails and other online posts were compared to 4 vital languages used by hackers and schooled that a infancy of a phrasing originated from a Russian speaker.
The New York Time reports 15 out of 20 phrasings translated to English in a emails matched a Russian language. Only 9 matched Korean and nothing matched Mandarin or
German.
The research is a same process of debunking feign works by Shakespeare and other authors.
Nick Ut/AP Despite a government’s proclamation that North Korea is behind a Sony hacks, confidenceanalysts trust other army such as Russian hackers might be during work.
Other theories minute by a Times advise any hacker could be obliged as prolonged as they had an internet
tie and simple hacking skills.
Malware automatic regulating a Korean denunciation environment might have been a red herring as well.
Or simply, it was an inside pursuit by a discontented Sony worker with sizeable believe on a company’s servers and passwords, a Times added.
nhensley@nydailynews.com
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