North Korea claims the U.S. is behind the internet outage which took place shortly after the U.S. said they'd 'respond proportionally' concerning massive cyber attack at Sony.
- Dec 27, 2014
AceShowbiz - North Korea has released a statement, blaming the U.S. for internet outage in the country. The blackout took place shortly after the U.S. named North Korea as the one responsible for massive cyber attack at Sony Pictures Entertainment and that they would "respond proportionally." A spokesperson for Policy Department of the National Defense Commission said on Saturday, December 27 that it was the U.S. who caused the internet blackout.
"The U.S., a big country, started disturbing the Internet operation of major media of the DPRK, not knowing shame like children playing a tag," read the statement on state-run Korean Central News Agency on Saturday, December 27 as reported by The Associated Press. The statement also mentioned, "Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest." There is no immediate response from the U.S. regarding the statement.
Earlier this month, North Korea said the U.S. was behind the making of "The Interview", a Seth Rogen and James Franco-starring comedy which shows the assassination of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un. "The DPRK has clear evidence that the U.S. administration was deeply involved in the making of such dishonest reactionary movie," they said, as reported by CNN.
Sony who originally decided to cancel "The Interview" Christmas Day release following a 9/11-style threat on theaters later retracted their statement and released it in select theaters. It is also available on YouTube, Microsoft's Xbox Video, Google Play, and Sony's official website.
