Sony hackers: it's not the North Korean government, nor an insider, suggests security expert Bruce Schneier

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Private emails from ordinary staff released by Sony hackers show why privacy is so important - Schneier

Cryptographer and security expert Bruce Schneier has suggested that the hackers behind the devastating hack and leak of internal data from Sony Pictures is neither the work of the North Korean gove...

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