Alumnus Brandon Valeriano ’99, a regular contributor to Slate, shared his views on the involvement of North Korea in the cyber attacks suffered by Sony.
According to Valeriano, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, North Korea had the motive, the means, and the ability to carry out the attack on Sony.
"North Korea hacked Sony to avenge the wrongs it felt were done by the corporation, an entity it feels is directly connected to the U.S. government," said Valeriano. "No matter that within the trove of information released shows no direct connections between the U.S. government and the plot and writing of the movie The Interview," added Valeriano.
Valeriano's forthcoming book, Cyber War Versus Cyber Realities, will be published by Oxford University Press.
Read more about Valeriano's Slate article.
