“North Korea Has Declared War On The United States”....DW Ulsterman

[mystery-ak]

http://ulstermanbooks.com/north-korea-declared-war-united-states/

I’ve watched the Sony Studios cyber-attack story with increasing interest in recent days. Initially, (and predictably) the media coverage was intent upon releasing private emails of studio execs with near breathless headlines of embarrassing opinions about Hollywood figures like Angelina Jolie, Leonardo Dicaprio, and fellow celebrity, Barack Obama among others. Finally though, it appears the media is realizing the true story of what has happened that goes far beyond another hack Hollywood film – North Korea has declared war on the United States.



For years there have been warnings issued by intelligence operatives regarding the potential of a cyber attack upon the United States. The Sony Studios “hack” was just that – a cyber attack that has resulted in direct terrorist threats against any who dare to show the film The Interview, a mid-tier Hollywood comedy involving the North Korean government.

 

The prospective showing of that film motivated North Korea to hack into Sony Studios, release emails, and threaten Americans with death if they were to see the film. I care nothing about what some studio executives said about certain Hollywood actors or the President of the United States. I do care though, as we all should, about a foreign nation hacking into corporations and then sharing information as a means of intimidation.

 

Make no mistake, what the North Koreans have done is being noted by every major enemy of America throughout the world. To date, North Korea has done so with near impunity. Is Barack Obama skulking, his feelings hurt by the words of some in Hollywood whom he thought loved him entirely and without question? I pose that as a serious question, because the White House has said almost nothing regarding the matter, a matter that is a cyber attack accompanied by terrorist threats – both of which are acts of war against the United States of America.

 

North Korea is a nuclear power with a large  (albeit aging) military that should not be underestimated as it is more than capable of creating considerable regional conflict impacting allies such as South Korea and Japan. The more direct threat from North Korea to the United States has just played out though – a cyber war. It should not be deemed inconceivable that what happened to Sony Studios (what is now being called the most damaging cyber attack ever upon an American corporation) could not happen to this country’s power grid, defense systems, air control, etc.

 

We’re at war. North Korea has fired the first cyber shot.



How will the United States respond?

Posted by
ulsterman
December 18, 2014

 

[Scottftlc]

It is not the last we've seen of this...in fact it is more than likely just the first of a wave of such actions.

And if such things hold to pattern, the first response of this administration will be both onerus on the American people and completely ineffective and unsuccessful.

[massadvj]

Not to worry.  Sony already surrendered for us.

[truth_seeker]

Thirteen years after vowing to track down the 9.11.201 perps along with those who harbor them, we've largely run out of serious interest.

But we neither got very many of them, now did we punish those who harbored them.

So don't expect much in terms of this stuff. Unless it is determined an example needs to be made. North Korea has volunteered to be an example.

[DCPatriot]

If 'they' can do this to SONY...they can do it to any company..any country.  Their defense capabilities could be compromised.

Personal careers and professional relationships go up in smoke...forgetting that what they're leaving isn't the aberration, but the normal workplace.



....and to think that everyone of a person's emails and texts are stored somewhere...or could be recalled with a few clicks.

Wait until it's decided that a person's social media posts can be used as supporting evidence in a court of law.   That's going to be 'fun'.