In this clip from a special bonus episode produced for our Patreon supporters, Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault discuss the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures - reportedly carried out by North Korea for the very oddest of reasons...

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Links:

• Hackers leak Hollywood salaries, embarrassing emails - PBS Newshour — YouTube.
• Did North Korea hack Sony? It seems hard to believe — Graham Cluley.
• Poor passwords at Sony, WikiLeaks shows with archive of hacked documents — Graham Cluley.
• The Interview Trailer (2014) — YouTube.
• U.S. Said to Find North Korea Ordered Cyberattack on Sony — The New York Times.
• Sony hackers failed to hide their North Korean IP addresses, says FBI — Hot for Security.
• NSA allegedly hacked North Korea's networks before Sony attacks — Graham Cluley.

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