{"id":367,"date":"2015-01-05T09:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T09:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=367"},"modified":"2015-01-12T15:23:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T15:23:49","slug":"north-korea-slams-us-sanctions-denies-involvement-in-sony-cyber-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/north-korea-slams-us-sanctions-denies-involvement-in-sony-cyber-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea slams US sanctions, denies involvement in Sony cyber-attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has slammed as \u201c<em>hostile<\/em>\u201d fresh US sanctions against Pyongyang and has denied any involvement in a cyber-attack on Sony. \u201c<em>The persistent and unilateral action taken by the White House to slap &#8216;sanctions&#8217; against the DPRK [North Korea] patently proves that it is still not away from inveterate repugnancy and hostility toward the DPRK<\/em>,&#8221; Reuters cites the North Korean Foreign Ministry as saying Sunday in a statement, reported by KCNA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>US President Barack Obama <a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/219475-white-house-korea-sanctions\/\" target=\"_blank\">signed<\/a> an executive order Friday authorizing the imposition of new sanctions against three North Korean businesses and 10 individuals,\u00a0after the FBI said North Korea was behind last month&#8217;s computer hack at Sony.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/us-announces-new-sanctions-against-north-korea\/\">Also Read:\u00a0US announces new sanctions against North Kore<\/a>a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The FBI has maintained North Korea was behind the broad computer breach at Sony, though some technology experts say others could be involved &#8212; such as former employees of the studio.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i2.cdn.turner.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/150102173233-lead-brown-hack-fbi-north-korea-00011520-story-top.jpg?w=1016\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">On Friday, officials said the new set of sanctions was further indication of their confidence in North Korea&#8217;s culpability, and said that private tech firms aren&#8217;t privy to the intelligence proving Pyongyang&#8217;s guilt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"el__video--standard js__video--standard\" data-autoplay=\"false\">\n<div class=\"js-media__video media__video\">\n<div id=\"body-text_9-metadata\" class=\"metadata\">Obama signed the executive order putting the new sanctions in place on the second-to-last day of his winter vacation in Hawaii. Before his vacation began in mid-December Obama said North Korea was responsible for the attack and the United States was preparing a response. 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