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pyongyang after the sony hacking scandal and now there are reports of what could be a cyber attack on north korea. the country has very little internet access to begin with, but what it does have is reportedly gone, at least for now, leaving many wondering if the u.s. is behind it. we have kyung lah reporting from south korea. let s begin with barbara starr over at the pentagon. any indication of who might have caused the internet in north korea going down? what s the u.s. say? well, right now, wolf, the obama administration isn t saying anything. very interesting. the white house, the state department, the pentagon, all quiet about this. but you will recall that the administration said it would respond to north korea s hacking of sony, it would respond at a time and place of its choosing, and that response may not be made public. it may be very secretive. and that s leading some of the speculation around the world tonight that the u.s. may be behind this hacking attack
there s no indication that north korea was behind all of the hacking. this is a moment in time where it seems like anything is possible, particularly when it comes to that part of the world and shady computer attacks. right before leaving town, theist government has concluded that north korea was behind the hacking attack on sony pictures. and the president said that the united states government would respond, in a place and time and manner that we choose. beyond those oblique comments, here s what president obama told cnn in comments that cnn first aired kred. i don t believe it was an act of war, i believe it was an act of cyber terrorism that we take very seriously. we will respond proportionately, as i said. president obama made those remarks in an interview that was
hawaii for two week vacation said the u.s. would have proportional response to the hacking attack of sony which they laid sway squarely at the feet of north korea. was this the work. united states? we don t know. bill: how do they answer the question of possibility of north korea retaliating yet again? reporter: north korea has been all over the map on this first they denied any involvement in the hacking of sony. then they came out put out an olive branch to the u.s., we ll help you with a joint investigation. we ll help you find the real hackers. but then yesterday they took another turn and threaten ad harsh response against the white house, pentagon and the u.s. mainland. the state department called on north korea to cool down the rhetoric. that was yesterday in a news conference with the state department. they said look, north korea, just calm down. and, so right now we re at a standstill. of course north korea has been out there saying stuff for a long time. we just don t know
south korea. let s begin with barbara starr over at the pentagon. any indication of who might have caused the internet in north korea going down? what s the u.s. say? well, right now, wolf, the obama administration isn t saying anything. very interesting. the white house, the state department, the pentagon, all quiet about this. but you will recall that the administration said it would respond to north korea s hacking of sony, it would respond at a time and place of its choosing, and that response may not be made public. it may be very secretive. and that s leading some of the speculation around the world tonight that the u.s. may be behind this hacking attack against north korea, retaliation. a lot of people say maybe not. that the u.s. wouldn t want to do something so overt. you can t always measure north