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Think of them is exactly that. they are a secret army, their battleground is cyber space. they are placed around the world. we dont know the exact number. but they have one common goal -- attack western interests. >> a force against the west. on state-run television, a near ridiculous bravado of the military. but there are unseen soldiers in kim jong un soldiers, and they have no face but only known as bureau 121. >> what is bureau 121? >> translator: they conduct the cyber attacks over enemy se...

A smart attack. from what we are learning from u.s. investigators they believe they were able to hack in and steal the credentials of a system administrator. essentially the guy holding the keys. once they got the keys they were able to break in, have free reign, access to all kind of information and thereby wreak havoc. thats why this has been so successful. at least thats what we are hearing. so, how does, what does this mean? what this means for sony is that they now have to figure out how to...

Disrupt a major corporation, shelve a movie and spread fear among theater owners of potential terror attacks? the answers may lie in a secretive north korean agency called brew 121. cnns kyung lah tells us its believed these north korean cyberwarriors have struck before. >> they are shadow warriors placed around the world with one sole mission, hack into and disrupt western interests. north korean soldiers, a technicolor parading force against the west. on state run television a near ridiculous ...

>> isnt everybody on the same page, fighting isis? >> they havent even declared war. >> theres a real difference in strategy and a real difference in how to execute a war against isis. so while shouldnt we all agree that theyre the bad guys? we dont agree on how to go about it. >> margaret, john, thanks so much, have a great weekt weekend. let us know what you think, can you tweet us or go to facebook.com/newday. well share your thoughts later. boko haram, theyve been active. another mass ki...

But you have one looney tune like this who does something extremely bizarre, and kills a lot of people, or attempts to kill a lot of people, its just -- somewhat unstoppable. truthfully. >> that is the most chilling message. general mark hertling, nice to see you this morning. thank you. back to the sony situation, it is easy to say sony should have put the movie out, free expression matters most of all. thats easy to say if you dont understand the risk of the situation. that motivated sonys d...

Beijing despite its multiple and systematic cyber attacks against u.s. businesses and government departments. if u.s. investigators identify the individuals behind the hack, the u.s. could also levy criminal charges against north korean hackers, a step the u.s. took against an e leelt group of chinese hackers earlier this year believed housed at this building outside of shanghai and known as unit 61398. who are the alleged north korean culprits? u.s. investigators suspect a top secret group with...

Very targeted and this is just an expansion of what we have seen in the cyber war between south korea and north korea. last year, south korea banks were frozen. atms did not work for a period of time because of malware that was sent from north korea, according to the south korean government. this is a step off the peninsula. a globalization of a war waged here on the peninsula. by training these foot soldiers, the south korean government says bureau 121 is the heart of the cyber war. they train ...

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. turning to former fbi official sean henry who spearheaded the division and martin williams, founder of northkoreatech.org. thats some information the way the hackers got in by getting someones information from sony. maybe a syste...

To be behind all of this. >> yeah. and its believed the cyberwarriors have struck before. a north korean defector gaving us a glimpse inside the secret world of north koreans hackers. >> they are shadow warriors, battleground -- cyberspace. theyre placed around the world with one sole mission, hack into and disrupt u.s. interests. a force against the west. on state-run television, a near ridiculous bravado of the military, but there are unseen soldiers in kim jong uns cyberwar against the west. ...

Koreans can power a blender. why should we believe it was the north koreans that broke into a multinational corporations computer system the way this group did. >> they actually have a very extensive cyber warrior capability. they have three to five thousand what they call cyber warriors ainu knit called bureau 121. in addition they have other hacker as part of the military -- >> bruce can i interrupt you. how do you know that? obviously its a very secretive society. so, how does the u.s. know t...