Washington rampant. The United States have strengthened Friday, January 2 their arsenal of sanctions against the Korea North in retaliation for the computer attack against Sony Pictures.
These new sanctions meet “many provocations [Pyongyang, Ed] and particularly Recent cyber attacks against Sony Pictures and threats against cinemas and spectators , “said the US Treasury in a statement.
“This is the first part of our response,” warns the White House in a statement.
10 plan members added to Blacklist
The United States added Friday to their blacklist ten official of the regime, the North Korean intelligence agency and two companies related to the sector Military Communist dictatorship, details the Treasury.
The sanctions, taken under a decree of President Obama, “reflect the US commitment to hold the North Korea responsible for its destructive and destabilizing actions, “argues the US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, said in a statement.
We will use a wide range of actions to defend the American businesses and citizens to defend themselves against attempts to undermine our values, “he added.
North Korea is already the subject of a wide battery of international sanctions related to its controversial nuclear program.
Pyongyang accused of hacking Sony
There are more than a month, Sony studios have been the subject of a massive computer attack that the FBI after investigation attributed to the Korea North. Pyongyang, which had openly declared hostile to the release of “The Interview that kills”, a comedy about a fictional CIA plot to assassinate the leader of North Korean n Kim Jong-Un, denied being behind the attack.
They watched “The interview that kills!” they hated
Faced with this piracy and especially the threats that accompanied the hackers who threatened to attack the audience who would visit cinemas to see the film, Sony initially canceled the release of the film, scheduled for 25 December.
Barack Obama regretted this decision and repeatedly stated that Sony would not to give in to threats. Sony has finally turned around and decided to release the film in 300 theaters in the United States on Christmas Day as originally planned, and online since 24 December.
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