Federal Security Unit Warns Sony Malware Could Spread

The federal government issued a warning Friday about additional cyber attacks using the malicious software from the Sony Pictures cyber attack.

The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) said the targeted destructive malware affecting Microsoft Windows systems could be used in additional attacks.

“US-CERT was recently notified by a trusted third party of cyber threat actors using a Server Message Block (SMB) Worm Tool to conduct cyber exploitation activities recently targeting a major entertainment company,” the notice states.

The FBI said in a statement Friday that the Sony attack was carried out by “the North Korean government.”

The cyber attack “destroyed systems and stole large quantities of personal and commercial data.” The perpetrators posed as members of a group calling itself the Guardians of Peace.

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