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Greg Sargent: Trump’s hijacking of the Fourth of July just got a lot uglier – Salt Lake Tribune

  1. Greg Sargent: Trump’s hijacking of the Fourth of July just got a lot uglier  Salt Lake Tribune
  2. Trump’s hijacking of the Fourth of July just got a lot uglier  The Washington Post
  3. Accused of hijacking Independence Day, Trump promises ‘show of a lifetime’  FRANCE 24
  4. Trump Says Tanks Will Be on Display in Washington for July 4  The Indian Express
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Trump’s hijacking of the Fourth of July just got a lot uglier – The Washington Post

  1. Trump’s hijacking of the Fourth of July just got a lot uglier  The Washington Post
  2. Accused of hijacking Independence Day, Trump promises ‘show of a lifetime’  FRANCE 24
  3. Trump’s July 4 extravaganza sets a political trap  CNN
  4. 3 Reasons Not to Worry About Trump’s Fourth of July—and 1 Big Reason to Worry  POLITICO
  5. Trump plans tanks and flyovers at Fourth of July celebration in Washington  Reuters
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Sony Pictures hack gets uglier; North Korea won’t deny responsibility

More evidence has emerged that makes the Sony Pictures hack look similar to a suspected attack on South Korean companies over a year ago. And a spokesperson for the North Korean government, rather than denying his country’s involvement, is playing coy as the damage to Sony appears to be growing daily.

When contacted by the BBC, a spokesperson for North Korea’s mission to the United Nations said, “The hostile forces are relating everything to [North Korea]. I kindly advise you to just wait and see.”

Sony Pictures’ computers were reportedly the victim of wiper malware which erased all the data on infected PCs and the servers they were connected to. As Ars reported yesterday, this is similar to the attack on two South Korean broadcasters and a bank that was launched in 2013. As security reporter Brian Krebs reports, the FBI sent out a “Flash Alert” to law enforcement warning of a cyber attacker using “wiper” malware this week—malicious software that erases the entire contents of the infected machine’s hard drives as well as the contents of the master boot record of the computer.

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