【Maximum Perversum 73 - Schwanzgeile Fickluder】

So it turns out that maybe Seth Rogen isn't the best person to look to on Maximum Perversum 73 - Schwanzgeile Fickludermatters of cybersecurity.

The Justice Department today officially charged an alleged North Korean spy with the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment, providing in the process a detailed look at the means by which Kim Jong-un's government supposedly retaliated against the entertainment company for its involvement in the film The Interview.

SEE ALSO: Sony hackers accused of having a new ransomware side hustle

Notably, the charges do not align with the conspiratorial musings of the film's co-star and co-producer, Seth Rogan, who earlier this year in an interview with Vulture disputed the general understanding that North Korean was behind the hack.

"I’ve heard that it was a disgruntled Sony employee," he explained, later adding that "I kind of don’t think it was North Korea."

The actual criminal complaint paints quite a different picture — going so far as to name a specific individual, Park Jin Hyok, the U.S. government says did much of the legwork in the hack that Sony claims cost it $15 million and led to eventual resignation of then Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal.

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

"The facts set forth in this affidavit describe a wide-ranging, multi-year conspiracy to conduct computer intrusions and commit wire fraud by co-conspirators working on behalf of the government, of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly known as 'DPRK' or 'North Korea,' while located there and in China, among other places," notes the complaint. "Among the successful intrusions by the subjects was the cyber-attack in November 2014 directed at Sony Pictures Entertainment ('SPE') and its comedic film 'The Interview,' which depicted a fictional Kim Jong-Un, the Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the 'supreme leader' of North Korea."

And thats's not all. According to the complaint, Park was also involved with the development of the ransomware WannaCry (the complaint refers to this as WannaCry 2.0, but this is what is commonly referred to as WannaCry) and a digital Bangladeshi digital bank heist of $81 million.

He was busy.

Importantly, Park did not do all of this alone. He likely had an entire team of (as of yet) uncharged co-conspirators all working at the behest of the North Korean government.

Still, officially putting a face and a name to both the Sony hack and WannaCry is concrete step toward attribution for the attacks and should, in the process, quiet any lingering conspiracy theories regarding two of the most notable cybersecurity incidents of the last several years.

---

Featured Video For You

---

From ATMs to printers, hackers prove you can play 'Doom' on anything

---

Topics Cybersecurity

• Tech
• Digital Culture
• Entertainment
• Life
• Shopping
• Science
• Deals
• Games

• Faux-Pas at MOMA
• Protect and Serve
• Bringing Up Babies
• Serpents and Doves
• Surveillance Valley
• Leaving, Again
• Elevate Me Later
• Infra-ordinary People
• War is a Racket
• Week of Wonders

• Fly the Oscar Mayer Wienerdrone to my barbecue, please
• Nokia 6 is coming to the U.S., and Amazon Prime members get a big discount
• J.K. Rowling shares beautiful tweet to mark 20
• Taylor Swift sent newly crowned NBA MVP Russell Westbrook a congratulatory video
• Here are all the tweets Donald Trump has deleted since becoming president
• Dear Corporate America, leave our LGBTQ Pride celebrations alone
• Sea level rise is accelerating due to Greenland ice melt
• Man hilariously rips into Starbucks over alleged milk mixup
• MashTalk: Where does Uber go without Travis Kalanick?
• The best movies of 2017 (so far)

• Thwarting a “United Right” in Charlottesville
• Tara’s Ultraboost™ Supplements for Good Health and Good Times
• Maurice Isserman’s Red Scare
• House Style
• The Long View in Granada
• Two Pieces
• The Lady in Red: The Exegesis of J. D. Van Cleef, Husband and Realtor
• Back from the Underworld
• NYT Connections hints and answers for May 24: Tips to solve 'Connections' #713.
• The Poet Is Present

• The Reaching-Out Industry
• Masks Off
• Spreadsheet Assassins
• Trick Clock
• In the House of a Thousand Likes
• Forget About It
• The McNutter Brothers
• The Fracture of Good Order
• Momentive’s Hundred Days
• It’s the Real Thing!