Obama Orders Sanctions On North Korea In Response To Sony Hack

The White House says this is “the first aspect of our response” to “North Korea's ongoing provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies, particularly its destructive and coercive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.” It authorizes the Treasury Department to “impose sanctions on individuals and entities associated with the Government of North Korea. We take seriously North Korea's attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S…