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    North Korea Emerges as Cyber-Hacker Power

    The US and North Korea are exchanging threats and counter-threats in the aftermath of the hacking of Sony Pictures. The FBI has not released all its evidence, but it's blamed North Korea for the hacking with an unusual degree of certainty.

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    By Warren Olney • Dec 22, 2014 • 1 min read

    The US and North Korea are exchanging threats and counter-threats in the aftermath of the hacking of Sony Pictures. The FBI has not released all its evidence, but it's blamed North Korea for the hacking with an unusual degree of certainty. North Korea denies the vastly expensive attack -- but says whoever was responsible did a "righteous" thing. President Obama and Republicans disagree over whether to call it "cyber-warfare" or "cyber-vandalism" and what the response should be. Some security experts question the FBI's conclusion that North Korea was responsible in the first place.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Claire Martin

      Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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      Director of Content, News

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      Gideon Brower

      Independent Producer

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      Michael Hirsh

      Politico Magazine

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      James Lewis

      Center for Strategic and International Studies

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      Kim Zetter

      investigative reporter covering cybersecurity and hacking

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Will North Korea Pay a Price for the Sony Hacking?
    1. 1:46Results Are Mixed in Tunisia's First Free Election
    2. 8:37North Korea Emerges as Cyber-Hacker PowerYou’re reading this
    3. 42:32Pope Francis Sees "Spiritual Diseases" in the Church
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