Cybersecurity
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Obama:
cyber attack on Sony not "act of war"
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English.news.cn
2014-12-22 00:52:46
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21
(Xinhua) -- President Barack Obama said Sunday that
he regards the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) as an "act of
cyber vandalism" rather than an "act of war," while reiterating
the U.S. will respond proportionately.
"No, I don't think
it was an act of war. I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very
costly, very expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond
proportionately," Obama told CNN's Candy Crowley, anchor of the Sunday
program "State of the Union," in an interview taped Friday.
Obama stood by his criticism
of the U.S.-based SPE in its decision to cancel the scheduled Dec. 25 release
of its comedy movie "The Interview," which depicts an assassination
attempt on Kim Jong Un, leader of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK).
Sony took the step after
hackers hacked into its computer system and released some of the stolen data
late November. The hackers threatened to disclose more Sony data if it goes
ahead with the movie's release, while warning movie-goers to stay away from
theaters if they were to screen the movie…
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