Cybersecurity Experts Claim That Sony Hack Was Inside Job, Initiated by Laid-Off Technical Employee Named "Lena" Seeking Vengeance Against the Company

"Lena" is probably not her real name, I'm assuming.

But certainly the information these folks are highlighting would permit someone to figure out who they mean.

Could Obama have gotten this wrong?

Here's a better question: Could water be wet?!?!!

Cybersecurity experts have given a detailed outline to the FBI about the hack attack against Sony Pictures, insisting it was not the work of North Korea but a group of current and former employees who shared a 'mutual hatred' for the company.

While the FBI and Sony have announced they believe Pyongyang carried out the hack -- claims that were denied by leader Kim Jong-un -- independent security officials have been coming forward for the past week saying most of the evidence points to an inside job.

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Norse senior vice president Kurt Stammberger said the hack hinges on a woman he called 'Lena', who he says worked in a 'key technical' position for 10 years but was sent packing in May during a large sweep of lay-offs.

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Lena - which may be an alias - then joined forces with other former employees and people in the hacking community to humiliate Sony.

Read on. The experts claim the hackers "Lena" hooked up with were movie Torrenters who had been brought to the bar by legal action by Sony, and who thus wanted payback.

posted by Ace at 01:43 PM

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