The FBI today named the North Korean government as responsible for the cyber attack against Sony Pictures last month, saying its technical analysis points to the isolated, Communist country.

But now what?

“This could embolden future attackers,” Johannes Ullrich, dean of research for the SANS Technology Institute and the head of SANS’s Internet Storm Center security arm, said of Sony’s withdrawal of its comedy, The Interview, earlier this week after threats were posted online by the alleged hackers. “Just like with real-world threats, a successful highly-publicized attack like this will draw out copy cats to conduct similar attacks against other companies.”

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