New Clues In Sony Hack Point To Insiders, Away from DPRK

The article summarizes Norse Security’s investigation into the Sony Pictures breach, arguing that leaked HR data, social-media signals, IRC communications, and malware compile timestamps point to a group of six actors — including at least one former Sony technical employee — collaborating with external hackers to steal terabytes of data; this challenges the US government’s attribution to North Korea and highlights insider-assisted data exfiltration and targeted malware use.