brazen cyberattack on sony pictures, leaking out released movie clips. >> north korean government accused by many of carrying out the attack has denied it although it sounds like they wish they had been in on it. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: north korean state tv, an anchor read out a government statement denying north korea hacked sony pictures but praising the hack itself as a righteous deed. north korea denouncing sony's new movie "the interview." that comedy about a cia plot to kill supreme leader kim jong-un. >> take him out. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what? >> reporter: north korea now calls the movie an act of terrorism. this hack attack, said the anchor, is clearly the work of our sympathizers and supporters. computer security experts say the hackers did leave digital fingerprints. >> not only was the attack code having korean language settings,