Justice Department files charges against North Korean in 2014 Sony hack
WASHINGTON - Four years ago, an unprecedented cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment riveted national attention by exposing the deepest secrets of a major Hollywood film and television studio, and sparked a national outcry over issues such as computer security and freedom of speech.
In a major development Thursday, the Justice Department charged a North Korean national in the massive ransomware assault and provided the most detailed account yet of how a foreign operator was able to cripple a major U.S. company and disable thousands of computers around the world.
The Justice Department's criminal complaint, released Thursday, charges Park Jin Hyok, a computer programmer allegedly working for a front company on behalf of the North Korean government, with staging the
