NSA Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say

NSA Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say
FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un waves to spectators and participants of a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. If the U.S. governmentâs claim that North Korea was involved in the unprecedented hack attack on Sony Pictures that scuttled Seth Rogenâs latest comedy is correct, no one can say they werenât warned. The movie, âThe Interview,â pushed all of North Koreaâs buttons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file photo, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un waves to spectators and participants of a mass military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. If the U.S. governmentâs claim that North Korea was involved in the unprecedented hack attack on Sony Pictures that scuttled Seth Rogenâs latest comedy is correct, no one can say they werenât warned. The movie, âThe Interview,â pushed all of North Koreaâs buttons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

WASHINGTON — The trail that led American officials to blame North Korea for the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November winds back to 2010, when the National Security Agency scrambled to break into the computer systems of a country considered one of the most impenetrable targets on earth.

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