Hackers who forced Sony Pictures to abort release of a comedy about North Korea likely slipped past the entertainment titan's defenses by exploiting a weak spot -- humans. The attack, branded by White House officials as "a serious national security matter," was seen as vindictive or even personal, with hackers out to cause Sony extreme pain instead of being driven by the typical profit motive. Sony workers may have been targeted with "spearphishing" attacks that sent specific workers bogus email messages that appeared to come from trustable sources, according to Usher online identity platform senior vice president Guy Levy-Yurista.
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