President Obama: North Korea's hack not war, but 'cybervandalism'

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President Barack Obama says he doesn't consider North Korea's hack of Sony Pictures "an act of war." "It was an act of cybervandalism," President Obama said. But he stuck by his criticism of Sony's decision to cancel its plans to release the movie "The Interview," which includes a cartoonish depiction of the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after the country threatened attacks against theaters that showed it.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) rejected the description saying the attack was “a new form of warfare.” “I think, again, the President does not understand this is a manifestation of a new form of warfare,” Sen McCain. “When you destroy economies, when you are able to impose censorship on the world -- and especially the United States of America -- it’s more than vandalism, it’s a new form of warfare that we’re involved in, and we need to react and react vigorously.”


President Obama: North Korea's hack not war, but 'cybervandalism' Sen McCain: Sony hack 'a new form of warfare' (The Hill)