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Sony Malware May be Linked to Other Damaging Attacks: Researchers - Reuters

December 4, 2014

Sony Malware May be Linked to Other Damaging Attacks: Researchers - Reuters

Reuters, By Jim Finkle

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered what they say is technical evidence linking the massive breach at Sony Corp's Hollywood studio with attacks in South Korea and the Middle East.

Moscow-based security software maker Kaspersky Lab said on Thursday it uncovered evidence that all three campaigns might have been launched by the same group, or facilitated by a single organization skilled in working with destructive malware.

In 2012, cyber attackers damaged tens of thousands of computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company and Qatar's RasGas with a virus known as Shamoon, one of the most destructive campaigns to date. Some U.S. officials blamed Iran. Read more.

Sony Malware May be Linked to Other Damaging Attacks: Researchers - Reuters

Sony Malware May be Linked to Other Damaging Attacks: Researchers - Reuters
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