U.S. Consulting UK, Australia, New Zealand On North Korea Hack Response

U.S. Consults With World Powers Over Response To North Korea Sony Hack
FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and then Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission Jang Song Thaek, third right, salute during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 announced the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor a traitor who tried to overthrow the state. The announcement came only days after Pyongyang announced through state media that Jang Song Thaek - long considered the country's No. 2 power - had been removed from all his posts because of allegations of corruption, drug use, gambling, womanizing and leading a "dissolute and depraved life." (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT
FILE - In this July 27, 2013 file image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and then Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission Jang Song Thaek, third right, salute during a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 announced the execution of Kim Jong Un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor a traitor who tried to overthrow the state. The announcement came only days after Pyongyang announced through state media that Jang Song Thaek - long considered the country's No. 2 power - had been removed from all his posts because of allegations of corruption, drug use, gambling, womanizing and leading a "dissolute and depraved life." (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT

By Julia Edwards

Honolulu (Reuters) - The Obama administration is consulting the UK, Australia and New Zealand, among other countries in hopes of organizing an international response to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures that it has pinned on North Korea, an administration official told Reuters on Saturday.

The U.S. is also consulting South Korea, Japan, China and Russia for help reining in North Korea.

(Reporting by Julia Edwards)

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