NORTH KOREA IS  NOT THE HACKER- LOOK INSIDE SONY.

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?


 A supplemental note to my earlier blog regarding the SONY hacking and movie "The Interview."
Sony caved to president Obama's criticism. Obama, movie stars and politicians said Sony caved in to North Korea when they refused to release the movie. Obama also said it was a "mistake" for Sony to not release the film. Again, Obama and these talking heads automatically jumped to the conclusion that the cyberattack hack job of Sony came from North Korea. So  now it appears Sony will show the movie in approximately 200 theaters in America. Keep in mind that most of these theaters are Independent exhibitors but there are still a number of  large major movie chains that have not agreed to to reverse their decision about not showing the movie. I think these theaters are being prudent and using common sense because if there is a movie attack  guess who will be liable-- yep, the theater owners - -NOT SONY.

And, get this. A  national security official said U.S. authorities did  not rate the threats by the hackers against theatergoers seriously, But I submit, the authorities did not rate the prior behavior of the killers involved in the 2012 mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado seriously, either. Wouldn't you think that the government would want to err on the side of caution? Apparently not.

As mentioned in my previous blog a couple days ago regarding the Sony breach  I do not believe that North Korea is the culprit in this particular case. I certainly agree North Korea is a bad thug on the block and they are in fact, a rogue nation. But that is no reason for president Obama to make a blanket statement telling the world that North Korea hacked into Sony. I think he, president Obama got bad advice and is being fed bad advice by his circle around him. If that's not the case I would suspect he has a hidden agenda by targeting North Korea.

Folks, I said before and I say again that I believe  the Sony cyberattack was an inside job. I  would suggest Obama  rethink the situation and have his so-called investigators and the FBI direct their attention to Sony rather that North Korea. If I had to offer a profile  on who actually committed the cyberattack on Sony I would submit and offer some of the following: The person in charge of the cyberattack hack job is possibly a disgruntled ex-employee; an ex-employee that feels they were wronged by Sony (for whatever reason) possibly because the person may have been fired; a person who may want some sort of revenge; this person and/or persons had knowledge of Sony's servers; had access to protocol to infiltrate the servers and the capabilities to retrieve the information from Sony servers. I would also suggest that this person is a member and had or has connections to the  group ("The Guardians of Peace") who released the private information. It would not surprise me if this person set up the Guardians of Peace so as to cover their possible connection to Sony.

I should also note that based on my experience as an investigator it is my opinion the person who selected the information to be released from Sony files in all probability is a FEMALE. I base that opinion on  the type of information that was leaked. A female hacker, you say. I would say it's a good bet. I would also suggest that the female cyber thief is very well educated and clearly has knowledge of the programming language and techniques currently used world-wide by numerous hackers and hacking groups, thus, the selection of using  the Korean connection to act as (red herring), a false lead to mislead investigators. Keep in mind the same techniques used to hack Sony are used frequently on a daily basis by global hackers. The  type of cyberattack hacking used against Sony is clearly not  unique ONLY to North Korea.

All in all, I predict that this is not the last anyone will hear from the "Guardians of Peace." Once the movie " The Interview" is released , the group will in all likelihood rear its ugly head to speak out again. I only hope that there will be no actual bombing because of the Sony decision reversal. I am delighted to see there still are many large movie chains that refuse to show the movie. I concur with those movie theaters owners decision.

My concern is, if in fact, any member of the "Guardians of Peace" and/or any of their followers do commit a heinous act, such as a bombing in and/on American theater or property(whether it be tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now , etc.) how will all of these same people which may include but not limited to: president Obama,  named actors and actresses', media/television talk show gurus and lawmakers on the Hill in Washington  explain their position of shouting from the highest hill: "North Korea did it!" "North Korea repressed our  free speech." The blame game will run rampant and finger pointing will be the activity of the day. - And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

BRADLEY W. KUHNS, PH.D., O.M.D.
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