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Sony hack puts Japan’s Abe in bind over North Korea abductee talks

December 22, 2014 creative city, court-hearing, cyberattack, facing-charges, foreground, japan, monday-navalny, north-korea, state-sponsors

By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. accusations that North Korea was behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures could force Japan to choose between backing its ally Washington and keeping talks on track with Pyongyang about Japanese citizens abducted decades ago. Washington is weighing how to punish North Korea after the FBI concluded Pyongyang was responsible, including possibly returning North Korea to the U.S.

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South Korea prosecutors investigate data leak at nuclear power plants

December 21, 2014 admin city, court-hearing, cyberattack, facing-charges, location, monday-navalny, said-on-sunday, state-sponsors, the-prosecutors

By Sohee Kim and Meeyoung Cho SEOUL (Reuters) – Seoul prosecutors have launched an investigation into a leak of non-critical data at South Korea’s nuclear power operator, the prosecutors’ office said on Sunday, as worries mount about nuclear safety and potential cyberattacks from North Korea.

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North Korea denies responsibility for Sony cyber attack

December 20, 2014 admin chris-reese, city, cyberattack, editing, fbi, friday, incident, korea, north-korea, pyongyang, state-sponsors

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea had nothing to do with a devastating cyber attack against Sony Pictures, a North Korean U.N. diplomat said on Friday after the U.S. government blamed Pyongyang for the incident