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Inside access. >> reporter: u.s. investigators have evidence that hackers stole the computer credentials of a sony system administrator to get inside access but could another government have helped north korea? one analyst says another u.s. enemy may be involved. >> there are signs that suggest iran may indeed have helped. because they have worked together on missile development for many years because iran has been a major client of north korea weapons. >> reporter: cnn reached out to iranian of...

The west. they have no face and only known by a number bureau 121. >> what is bureau 121? >> they conduct overseas and enemy states. jong is a former north korea defector. he now in south korea independently attempting to crumble an agency nearly impossible to chase. bureau 121, a shadow agency with an unknown number of the regimes hand picked shadow agents placed in countries around the world. he believes theres approximately 1800 of them. though he says the agents themselves dont know how many...

Korean hackers we think were part of this war fair unit 121. you know, its kind of an open secret, they go to china to be trained by sophisticated hackers. it seems this is what we are seeing in this incident. >> ken is here with us now. you did a story on this 121. i want to ask you now, do you think theres any truth in that what documentary film maker said? do you think its possible north korea is outsourcing? >> if you look at the fbis statement, natalie, it was very, very carefully worded. i...

>> translator: they conduct the cyberattacks overseas and against enemy states. jong is a north korean defector, a former military computer systems worker now in south korea, independently attempting to crumble an agency nearly impossible to chase. bureau 121, a shadow agency with an one known number of the regimes handpicked shadow agents placed in countries around the world. he believes there are approximately 1800 of them, though he says the agents themselves dont know how many exist. we cant...

U.s. officials believe north korea is behind it, possibly a shadowy group of computer hackers. kyung lah has more. you spoke with a defector, a former military systems worker. what did he tell you about this army of hackers known as bureau 121? >> reporter: 121, he wants you to think of them as a giant army. 1800 agents that spread around the world with one sole mission. they want to hack into companies with western interests. so how did this all happen? theyre picking, selecting the very, very ...

It took four days for this news to get out since telecommunications towers were damaged in this region in previous attacks. meantime, military forces in cameroon say they killed at least 116 boko haram fighters on wednesday near its border with nigeria. u.s. lawmakers promised quick action on cybersecurity legislation when they get back from holiday break that will be january. but right now they are asking how could north korea launch a cyberattack that managed to shelve a major hollywood movi...

A former military computer systems work e, now in south korea, independently attempting to crumble an agency nearly impossible to chase. bureau 121, shadow agency with an unknown numb bher of the regimes hand picked shadow agents, placed in countries around the world. he believes there are approximately 1,800 of them, though he says the agents themselves dont know how many exist. we cant verify jongs claims about the shadow group, but he says hes obtained from a current operative hundreds of fin...

World is that they are getting bolder and theyre getting better. >> theyve certainly shown the capability to do this. kyung, its hard to independently verify this information but the defector you spoke with has documents to back up his claims, right? >> reporter: yes. those documents are financial documents. weird and eerie because we got to see hundreds and thousands of personal accounts, accounts he says he got directly from someone who works inside bureau 121. >> kyung lah, fascinating work. ...

Comes to data mining and anything have to do with hardware or software. do you think, as the president suggested, that they are capable of doing this without the help of china or another country? >> very much so. there is the perception of north korea as a technologically backward nation. if youve seen the nighttime photos of north korea, seems to be no electricity emanating. but they have an extensive cyber warrior capability. weve had defectors from a unit called 121. there may be 3,000 of the...

Sign the letter of solidarity. and i think what we are seeing in hollywood is at lot of fractured relationships and sense of loss as we enter the holiday season. its tough year for hollywood. for this to cap off the year and the movie going experience its a scary time. >> it is. thank you. let me bring in republican congressman marcia blackburn of tennessee. good morning. >> good morning. >> you said congress needs to crack down on cyber attacks. what do you think congress can do? >> there are...