Sony Pictures has countered the persistent attacks against it by launching a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to disrupt downloads of its most sensitive information. According to Recode, Sony Pictures Entertainment is using hundreds of computers in Asia to execute the DDoS attack on sites where its stolen data is available and is using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to carry out the counter attack, according to sources. The DDoS attack is intended to slow download speeds...
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