The heightened tensions in cyberspace over the Sony cyberattack and the subsequent DDOS in North Korea have all network security professionals around the globe on high alert. The public cannot draw any clear conclusions on the attribution of the actors behind the Sony attack based on the information that has been released to date. The FBI and Sony are pointing the finger at North Korea, but there is significant evidence not made public that allows them to draw that conclusion. Ransom actors are now an existential threat to some companies.”]