North Korea threatens strikes on US amid hacking claims

December 22, 2014 08:40

North Korea says President Barack Obama is "recklessly" spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyber attack of Sony Pictures and warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and "the whole US mainland, that cesspool of terrorism."

Such North Korean rhetoric during times of high tension with Washington is routine.

But a long statement from the powerful National Defense Commission also underscored Pyongyang's sensitivity at a movie whose plot focuses on the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The US blames North Korea for the cyber attack that escalated to threats of terror attacks against US movie theaters and caused Sony to cancel The Interview's release.

Obama says Washington is reviewing whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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