Yes, another amazing story of the North Koreans not being able to take a joke. They must live in a humorless society, with no fun. When British television decided to take on the North in a drama about a scientist taken captive in the North, you would think the North would yawn and ignore the whole things. Then we find out the studio, Mammoth Screen, was cyber attacked before the picture ever got funding. Channel 4 which sponsored the show, was also attacked. This is not nice behavior and would not have been well received in the US.
This is a case where a private company is attacked and the government has not come to its aid, either through some diplomatic measure to deter further aggression, or by like cyber measures to subdue the attackers. Why do they have to let a film studio defend itself against an a government sponsored attack? This comes under the heading of National Security, and not something any government should tolerate. They are forfeiting any sovereign defense of the country’s networks when they take such a stand. What do they think will happen now? The North Koreans will continue their attacks and won’t even have to launch to make a threat now. The British seem to be no better at deterrence and retaliation than the Obama Administration was.
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