By Stephen McBridePublished December 24, 2014
Online media and cyber security analysts differ on the role of cyber gang Lizard Squad in the escalating squabble between Washington and Pyongyang regarding last month's cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, with some suggesting the group was part of the plot to cripple Sony's network, and others crediting the group for bringing down North Korea's Internet services.
The US blames North Korea for Sony's woes, a charge vehemently denied by Kim Jong Un's isolated government. Both have pledged retaliatory strikes: the US for the hack, North Korea for the accusation.
Yesterday, when news broke that North Korea's entire Internet had been taken down, early speculation that the US government was the responsible party was pushed aside by cyber security analysts from Trend Micro and Incapsula in separate statements, where they suggested almost anyone could have taken North Korea's Internet offline with a simple DDoS attack.
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