Read our analysis: What Reveal thousands of confidential documents stolen from Sony Pictures
The new sanctions target three organizations and ten leaders of the regime, said the US Treasury. They respond to the “numerous provocations [Pyongyang], particularly the recent cyber attack against Sony Pictures and threats against cinemas and spectators” , said the institution.
Of the three organizations subject to sanctions include the North Korean intelligence agency, the Korean Tangun Trading Corporation, a company responsible for the procurement of goods and technologies in support of research and development programs defense land, and the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation, described by the UN as the main dealer in North Korean weapons
Of the ten people listed by Washington in these new sanctions -. and including Wall Street Journal publishes the names – most are responsible for these two very close of the State and three companies are directly employed by the North Korean government
The White House has already warned in a statement that it was the “first tier” the US response. “We will use a wide range of actions to defend companies and US citizens and to defend against attempts to undermine our values” , said the US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, quoted in a statement
Read also our summary. What do we know about the hackers Sony Pictures
Affected by extensive computer attack, Sony Pictures had initially weather canceled the movie The Interview that chronicles an assassination attempt by the CIA of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The film was eventually distributed video services online and in a smaller network of theaters in the United States.
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