amounts of data and using it to devastate the company. >> they can inflict damage, immense amount of damage to corporate america. >> reporter: sony appears to be trying to avoid further provoking north korea, telling cnn simply the investigation is ongoing. the japanese government is also distancing itself, telling cnn it's a united states issue. >> one of the reasons why no one is willing to make a statement, because they don't know what to say. >> reporter: henry says the world is coming to terms with the new reality of cyberterrorism. >> how are we going to deal with it? we don't know yet. >> reporter: for now, at tech labs like this, a new sense of urgency, figuring out how to fend off a new kind of enemy. and what you're seeing right now, errol, certainly here in japan and elsewhere is a growing number of corporations, government agencies, they're trying to stay away from doing anything that may provoke north korea. we've been trying to get some sort of a response to all of