Humans – the weakest link for hackers

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Humans – the weakest link

Hackers who forced Sony Pictures to abort release of a comedy about North Korea likely slipped past the entertainment titan’s defenses by exploiting a weak spot — humans.
 
It has always been the case. When people think "hack" they think "programmer/person using code to compromise weak systems", when in fact, 99% of any hack has a human factor
 
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envo said:
It has always been the case. When people think "hack" they think "programmer/person using code to compromise weak systems", when in fact, 99% of any hack has a human factor
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Could be that Hollywood is to blame for that. They glamourized hacking in the cheesy movie Hackers.
 
RazedInBlack said:
Could be that Hollywood is to blame for that. They glamourized hacking in the cheesy movie Hackers.
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Could be any movie where hacking is involved, really.

On the North Korea involvement: Surely a country that is so isolated from modern electronics and the digital age cannot develop such highly skilled hackers artificially. If it were them, I am sure they employed a team of "commercial" hackers at a substantial fee.
 
I wonder if North Korea will move away from nuclear to cyber for its arsenal, if it really is them it would be a way better investment!
 
Skerminkel said:
Could be any movie where hacking is involved, really.

On the North Korea involvement: Surely a country that is so isolated from modern electronics and the digital age cannot develop such highly skilled hackers artificially. If it were them, I am sure they employed a team of "commercial" hackers at a substantial fee.
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Why do you think they're isolated? Who told you. Did you travel to NK and PRC and see how isolated they are?
 
Skerminkel said:
Could be any movie where hacking is involved, really.

On the North Korea involvement: Surely a country that is so isolated from modern electronics and the digital age cannot develop such highly skilled hackers artificially. If it were them, I am sure they employed a team of "commercial" hackers at a substantial fee.
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Space_Chief said:
Why do you think they're isolated? Who told you. Did you travel to NK and PRC and see how isolated they are?
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Time will tell. Or not.

http://gawker.com/a-lot-of-smart-people-think-north-korea-didnt-hack-sony-1672899940
 
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