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| North Korea accused the US on Saturday of being responsible for internet outages it has experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. | North Korea accused the US on Saturday of being responsible for internet outages it has experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures. |
| North Korea’s main internet sites experienced intermittent disruptions early in the week for reasons that US tech companies said could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack. | North Korea’s main internet sites experienced intermittent disruptions early in the week for reasons that US tech companies said could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack. |
| “The United States, with its large physical size and oblivious to the shame of playing hide and seek as children with runny noses would, has begun disrupting the internet operations of the main media outlets of our republic,” North Korea’s national defence commission said in a statement. | “The United States, with its large physical size and oblivious to the shame of playing hide and seek as children with runny noses would, has begun disrupting the internet operations of the main media outlets of our republic,” North Korea’s national defence commission said in a statement. |
| The commission said Barack Obama was behind the release of Sony’s film The Interview, a comedy about the fictional assassination of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. The commission racially abused the president, calling him a “monkey inhabiting a tropical forest”. | |
| In comments carried by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency, a spokesman for the commission rejected an accusation by the US FBI that North Korea was behind the cyber attack on Sony Pictures and demanded the US produce the evidence for its accusation. | |
| “Obama had better thrust himself to cleaning up all the evil doings that the US has committed out of its hostile policy against [North Korea] if he seeks peace on US soil. Then all will be well,” he said. | “Obama had better thrust himself to cleaning up all the evil doings that the US has committed out of its hostile policy against [North Korea] if he seeks peace on US soil. Then all will be well,” he said. |
| North Korea experienced internet problems last weekend and a complete outage of nearly nine hours before links were largely restored on Tuesday. | North Korea experienced internet problems last weekend and a complete outage of nearly nine hours before links were largely restored on Tuesday. |
| US officials said Washington was not involved. | US officials said Washington was not involved. |
| Following the hacking attack on Sony, the studio cancelled the release of The Interview. | |
| After criticism from Obama that it was caving into pressure from North Korea, Sony reversed its decision and decided on a limited release. | |
| The film took in more than $1m in a Christmas Day release in 331 mostly independent theatres after large movie theatre chains refused to screen the comedy following threats of violence from hackers. | The film took in more than $1m in a Christmas Day release in 331 mostly independent theatres after large movie theatre chains refused to screen the comedy following threats of violence from hackers. |