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No U S claim of hacking back at North Korea dispute

U S officials say the United States did not conduct a retaliatory cyber operation against North Korea after Sony Pictures was hacked. North Korea denied involvement but blamed the U S government for outages. The incident followed Obama blaming Pyongyang and Congress planning a review of cyber threats. Sony described the breach as devastating and described data theft and data wipe. The Interview release was canceled then later made available online.