North Korea proposes joint probe with US into Sony cyber attack

Seoul: North Korea proposed a joint investigation with the United States on the cyber attack against Sony Pictures, calling the charge by the FBI that it was behind the attack “slander”, state media said on Saturday. An unnamed spokesman of the North’s foreign ministry said there would be “grave consequences” if Washington refused to agree to the joint probe and continued to accuse the North, the official KCNA news agency reported. [caption id=“attachment_1237165” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. AP[/caption] North Korea had nothing to do with a devastating cyberattack against Sony Pictures, a North Korean UN diplomat said on Friday after the US government blamed Pyongyang for the incident. “DPRK (North Korea) is not part of this,” a North Korean diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity. He declined to comment further. The FBI issued a statement on Friday saying North Korea was responsible for the cyberattack. Reuters