John McAfee: ‘I know who hacked Sony Pictures – and it wasn’t North Korea’
Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee claims to have been in contact with the group of hackers behind the devastating cyber-attack against Sony Pictures and guarantees they are not from North Korea.
Speaking to IBTimes UK about his current roster of security startups under his Future Tense brand – including secure messaging app Chadder – McAfee spoke about working with the FBI previously but said that, in this case, the agency was “wrong”.
“I can guarantee they are wrong. It has to do with a group of hackers – I will not name them – who are civil libertarians and who hate the confinement the restrictions the music industry and the movieindustry has placed on art and so they are behind it.”
In December Sony Pictures was the victim of a devastating cyber-attack by a group calling themselves Guardians of Peace. They crippled the studio’s internal systems and stole vast troves of sensitive data, including unreleased films and private email conversations.
The group eventually threatened violence if the studio released the film The Interview, which pokes fun at North Korea, and Sony Pictures capitulated and failed to release it in cinemas. The FBI, who have been investigating the attack, have blamed North Korea for the attack though concrete evidence has yet to be shown publicly.
‘I don’t want to name them – that would make me a nark’
The 69-year-old McAfee indicated that he has been in touch with the hackers, adding that, like most hacking groups, its members are located around the world.
McAfee said he agreed with the reasons the hackers attacked Sony Pictures.
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July 25, 2015 at 7:31 pm
And some of us know who wrote “The Whale” virus 😉
February 19, 2015 at 12:13 am
Yeah, I figured it wasn’t North Korea, FBI has no clue what there on about half the time, just with most government agency