now, that was a film from sony pictures that essentially poked fun at north korea.ontroversial at the time it was seen around the world. allegedly, may well been the impetus for a reltalitory attack on sony pictures entertainment some three years later. indeed, other entertainment related companies were attacked, cinemas and theatres. there was british film company was making a drama series about north korea, allegedly, its computer systems were attacked as well. my goodness. we recall that from it was huge at the time, wasn't it? when it comes to these three, do we know where there whereabouts are? well, we understand that they are in north korea right now. apparently, they have travelled outside the country to places like china and to russia, but if it is the case that they are still in north korea, that might well mean that because that country doesn't extradite its citizens if they are facing charges overseas, so it may well mean that those individuals, indeed the charges that they are facing, may not see the light of day in american court. rush limbaugh, the hi

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quite a change isn't it from 2014 for example when north korean hackers were accused of hacking sony pictures over the movie the interview part of a of one that didn't go down too well predictably in north korea have not put on hacking abilities improved over time. that suddenly improved they have a program to try and find the best and the brightest and funneled on into these sites hacking programs teach them an advanced math and programming and they funnel them into these parts into these espionage and and protect aren't stealing programs. a lot of hacking is really just having the organizational structure way you have a lot of people working together for a common goal it is. at this level there's no such thing as. the brilliant individual who can just hack like magic it's all about bringing people together and the north koreans have literally thousands of people working in this program the indictment names just 3 of them the tip of the spear the just the few that we get to see when there's many many behind them i suppose what's extraordinary about this is that a poor state like north korea

on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the lazarus group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announced these charges. now it used to be a jewel in donald trump's business empire now his atlantic city casino is rubble. that casino had been closed since 2014 and had deteriorated so much in recent years that it was ordered ringback to be pulled down in its heyday though it was a venue for top movie stars and athletes to visit the ball or president cut ties with the property back in 2019 after a series of bankruptcy filings. that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines and lost continues to cripple large swathes of the

also claims the trio were involved in that infamous hacking of sony pictures entertainment back in 2014 when the movie the interview was going to be released featuring a fictional assassination of the north korean leader. and the world's largest oil producer saudi arabia is planning to increase oil production starting in april according to advisers to the kingdom or oil prices have rebounded in recent weeks as prices are now at or above prepared demick levels both brant crude and of e.t.i. have crossed the $60.00 mark increased demand due to the ongoing recovery and opec plus production cuts have contributed to the steady rise in prices saudi arabia is expected to announce their plan when opec meets in the 1st week of march during an out on line conference hosted by the international energy forum on wednesday the country's energy minister spoke about prices going up ahead of the next meeting saying we are in a much better place than we were a year ago but i must warn once again against complacency the uncertainty is very high and we have to be extremely cautious the scars from the event

on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the lazarus group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announced these charges. all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com that's al-jazeera dot com. stuff a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera an arctic blast continues to cripple large parts of the united states and has caused the deaths of at least 30 people millions are without power the national guard has been deployed across texas which is among the hardest hit states the governor says it will be days before the situation starts to improve. facebook has blocked au

the uk's national health service and affected more than 150 countries, and an attack on sony entertainment picturesrk lobel reports. witness the scene of the biggest cash heist in us history, around 60 years ago to government rating this mail truck for 1.5 million dollars. today's grubs are accused of stealing 1.3 billion dollars, with no getaway cars, just a click of the mouse. they come from cash—strapped north korea which the us department described as a criminal can get with the flag. kim il, parkjin hyok, and jon chang hyok — the us as they are member of the north korean intelligence agency. north korean intelligence auen . . , , agency. he retains the ability to conduct — agency. he retains the ability to conduct disrupting - agency. he retains the ability to conduct disrupting sub- i to conduct disrupting sub— attacks. some are high—profile and prominent. it attacks. some are high-profile and prominent.— and prominent. it was the release of _ and prominent. it was the release of this _ and prominent. it was the release of this comedy . and prominent. it was the j release of this comedy six y

on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the lazarus group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announced these charges. now the black owner of more than a dozen mcdonald's franchises in the u.s. is suing the company for racial discrimination from a professional baseball player habit washington says the fast food chain has favored white owners and denied him the chance to buy a restaurants and more affluent areas washington blames those alleged practices for large sales gaps between black owned franchises and those run by white americans mcdonald's it denies the allegations the holy book says there. may be cases where you do

quite a change isn't it from 2014 for example we're not going hackers were accused of hacking sony pictures over the movie the interview part of a of one that didn't go down too well predictably in north korea have not put on hacking abilities improved over time. that certainly improved they have a program to try and find the best and the brightest and i'm alone into these sites sponsored hacking programs teach them at advanced math and programming and they funnel them into these parts into these espionage and and protect aren't stealing programs. a lot of hacking is really just having the organizational structure way you have a lot of people working together for a common goal it is. at this level there's no such thing as. the brilliant individual who can just hack like magic it's all about bringing people together and the north koreans have literally thousands of people working in this program the indictment names just 3 of them they are the tip of the spear they are the just the few that we get to see when there's many many behind them i suppose what's extraordinary about this is that a p

said, and it includes the destructive cyber attack on sony pictures, extortion of companies using so-calledling cryptocurrency from the firm in new york. think used old-fashioned tactics by cyber security standards, including spear pfishing attempts they also used some entirely new monta methods as well, giving north koreans access to cryptocurrency that's an entirely new strategy. this wouldn't be an operation if it wasn't involving some of the code names, including "hidden cobra", the u.s. government's name for this. back to you. >> thank you >>> i didn't choose wine, wine chose me that's whats told me. and that story is next. >>> and baseball it sommelies ne us >>> pitchers and catchers report for spring training, but the schedules and games themselves will look a lot different. but first, the conservative radio host, rush limbaugh, died today. his wife made the announcement on his radio show. limbaugh had been fighting stage four lung cancer nbc's jeff bennett on his long lucrative and often polarizing career >> time for broadcast excellence >> reporter: rush limbaugh was a broadcast ic

these people had previously been charged in 2018 with involvement in that hack back in 2014 of sony pictureshe north korean regime didn't like a particular movie called "the interview," hacked into sony, destroyed machines, released proprietary information. what's new? obviously we know russia and china with hacking the u.s., committing espionage. the justice department is saying north korea is different. they're a criminal enterprise. they're doing this to steal money from banks and hacking into cryptocurrency, extorting people, creating ransomware that locks up people's xaut computers, demanding payment. the justice department announced a guilty plea against a canadian citizen whom they said helped launder money for this scheme. now, these three north koreans, craig, are in north korea and out of the reach of american justice. you may ask why is the justice department doing this? officials said they're doing it to name and shame, get this information out there, and get intelligence methods to get some of this stuff, to sort of establish a record so that the international community can star

said, and it includes the destructive cyber attack on sony pictures, cyber bank heists from mexico to malta, extortion of companies using so-called "wanna cry" ransom wear and stealing $12 million of kr cryptocurrency from a firm in new york they used old fashioned tactic by cyber security standards, including spearpfishing attempts they also used some entirely new methods inventing their apps and users would accidentally give the north koreans access to their cryptocurrency wallets for the ongoing thefts, so that's an entirely new innovation that we've seen here, and of course, shep, this wouldn't be an intelligence operation if this wasn't involving some of those code names that we've seen, including hidden cobra, which is the u.s. government's name for this operation shep back to you. >> eamon javers, thank you. >>> i didn't choose wine wine chose me. that's what tonya pits told us now she says the wine industry is ripe for change that story next. >>> and baseball is back pitchers and catchers report for spring training, but the schedules and the games themselves will look a lot di

they used old-fashioned cyber attacks from sony pictures and a link that is from phishing that enabledup some cryptocurrency apps to distribute them on the app, and users of those would give them access to the cryptocurrency for the app, which is new innovation here, and shep, it would not be intelligence operation if it weren't involving some of the code names that we have seen including hidden cobra which is the u.s. government's name for this operation, shep. >> eamon javers, thank you. >>> i didn't choose wine, and wine chose me, and that is what tonya pits told me. and that story is next. >>> and baseball is next. the pitchers and the catchers are reporting for spring training, and the schedules and the games themselves will look a lot different. but first, the conservative radio host rush limbaugh died today and his wife made the announcement on the radio show. limbaugh had been fighting stage 4 lung cancer. nbc's jeff bennett on the long, lucrative and polarizing career. >> it is time for broadcasting excellence. >> reporter: rush limbaugh was a broadcasting icon and controversi

it included the 2014 attack on sony pictures entertainment and an attempt to steal more than $1.3 billionks. none of the three suspects is in u.s. custody. facebook blocked australians from viewing or sharing news on its platform. the company said it reacted to that action came today as the country's house of representatives voted to make facebook and google pay for publishing australian journalism. google has responded by negotiating payment google has responded to those proposals by negotiating payment deals with australian news south carolina is about to become the latest state to ban nearly all abortions. it would be triggered once a fetal heartbeat is detected. most democrats in the state house walked out in protest for a time today, but majority republicans ultimately passed the measure. the governor says he will sign it after a final procedural vote tomorrow. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 90 points to close at 31,613. but, the nasdaq fell 82 points, and, the s&p 500 slipped one point. britain's prince philip, who is 99, is in a london hospital tonigh

on what was already in place and do have some connection to that 2014 attack by north korea on sony pictures here in the united states but we know that there have been other attempts as well as not just the extortion methods of the hacking we also know that there have been some spearfishing attempts by these individuals allegedly targeting the state department the pentagon they operated under a number of different names the last a risk group as well as advanced persistent threat so the united states taking this threat very seriously that's why they have handed down and announce these charges. in washington d.c. thank you. one of the u.s. conservative media's most influential influential figures has died of cancer rush limbaugh rules a provocative talk show host who used his position to shape republican party politics for more than 3 decades he was known for arguing against liberal ideas and people including calling women famine elsie's and environmentalist whackos after donald trump supported stormed the capitol building on january 6th he compared them to those who fought in america's war of

also an attack on sony entertainment pictures.minal syndicate with a flag". former cia analyst sue mi terry told me charging the hackers sends an important message to north korea. it is very important to expose north korea, their cyber capability and what they have been doing. north korea has become one of the most sophisticated cyber actors out there. it has really become adept at hacking international financial institutions and networks and using it to generate revenue, to fund its nuclear weapons program and obtain hard currency. cybercrime is just one of the extensions of their longtime reliance on various illicit activities to fund the regime. the us government, obviously, and intelligence community is very concerned, that north korea�*s cyber attack capabilities could inflict greater damage in the future and it is important to highlight this. you have said it has been going on for some time, the duke of edinburgh is spending his second night in hospital. he�*s been feeling unwell and was admitted to the private king edward v

that sparked cyber attacks, organised by one of the defendants, aimed at the film's maker, sony entertainment picturesealth service plunged into crisis years later, its computer system crippled alongside tens of thousands worldwide, with ransoms demanded in bitcoins to get them going again. now the troublesome trio are accused of attempting a staggering billion—dollar raid on banks and businesses in over 20 countries, which would pay for half of their country's annual merchandise imports, by trying to redirect other people's money and steal digital wallets of crypto currency. north korea has become one of the most sophisticated cyber actors out there. it has really become adept at hacking international financial institutions and networks and using it to generate revenue, to finance its weapons, nuclear weapons programme, and obtain hard currency. but with the prime suspects thought to be in north korea, there is little chance they will face trial, instead, rather gloomily, experts expect more trying times for global businesses, with cops left out in the cold from increasingly sophisticated cyber—crimi

the uk's national health service and affected more than 150 countries, and an attack on sony entertainment pictures today's bank robbers are accused of scheming to steal $1.3 billion, with no getaway cars, just a click of the mouse. the accused come from sanction—hit, cash—strapped north korea, which america'sjustice department describes as "a criminal syndicate with a flag", pointing the finger at three cyber bandits —jon chang hyok, kim il and mr park. the us says all are members of north korea's military intelligence agency, the rgb. it retains the ability to conduct disruptive cyber attacks, and several of those cases in the past are quite high—profile and prominent. i'm sorry we're sold out for the interview... it was the release of this comedy six years ago, about a fictional plot to assassinate the north korean leader, that sparked cyber attacks organised by one of the defendants, aimed at the film's maker, sony entertainment pictures, alongside threats of violence against us cinema—goers. with parts of britain's health service plunged into crisis years later, its computer systems crippled,

sony very much on watch after it boosted its profit outlook. an indication businesses will pick up across this division, be it music, pictures, as well as gamingphone. keeping an eye on that stock. jp markets keeping an eye on the 30 year option to out later today as well. let's check in on south korea this morning where a shortselling ban has been extended. this amid pressure for retailers to do so. kospi stepping a three day gain, lowered one third of 1%. kia shares continuing to rally, rising by 2% at the start of trade after a heavy wednesday session, at the highest level in 12 years. keeping an eye on the vaccine related players. a company gave a nod to the visor vaccine with front liners expected in february. also waiting on government announcements to curb home prices to -- this after the president said extraordinary steps must be taken. let's see what's going on in australia. markets under pressure with utilities leading that slide. energy stocks mixed as resting wti trades near a one-year high end with reflation back in the mix, austria, south korea, and singapore are among top bets in asia given the high correlation to tipped even ra