Wow, something more than the sternly worded letter. He had to be browbeaten into sanctions against Russia, which now are having effect. Interesting that he is using them now while there are still questions about whether NK was responsible (and didn’t use them when NK was actually threatening the US formally).

Via Fox:

The Obama administration on Friday imposed a wave of sanctions against members of the North Korean government, amounting to the U.S. government’s first official response to the cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Despite lingering questions from private security analysts over whether North Korea was responsible for the hack — as the FBI has alleged — the White House described the new sanctions as retaliation against Pyongyang.

“We take seriously North Korea’s attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S. company and to threaten artists and other individuals with the goal of restricting their right to free expression,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement.

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