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| Sony Pictures hackers linked to breaches in China, India, Japan - report | | | By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The perpetrators of the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment were not activists or disgruntled employees, and likely had attacked other targets in China, India, Japan and Taiwan, according to a coalition of security companies that jointly investigated the Sony case for more than a year. The Obama administration has tied the attack on Sony Corp's film studio to its release of "The Interview," a comedy that depicted the fictional assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "This group was more active, going farther back, and had greater capabilities and reach than we thought." Novetta worked with the largest U.S. security software vendor Symantec Corp, top Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab and at least 10 other institutions on the investigation, a rare collaboration involving so many companies. |
| Bahrain opposition leader jailed for insulting ruling system - lawyer | |  A prominent Bahraini opposition figure was sentenced to a year in jail on Wednesday on charges of insulting the kingdom's ruling system in a speech last year, his defence lawyer said. The public prosecution, in a statement on social media that did not refer to Sahrif by name, said a suspect was convicted of "insulting the constitutional system in the country and mocking it" but cleared him of calling for regime change in violation of the constitution. Sharif was freed in June last year by royal pardon after serving more than four years in jail for his role in an uprising demanding political reforms in the Gulf Arab island nation.
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| Malaysia review panel asks anti-graft agency to continue PM Najib probe | |  Malaysia's anti-graft agency on Wednesday said an external review panel had asked it to continue investigations into a donation of $681 million received by Prime Minister Najib Razak, despite an order by the country's top lawyer to close the case. Last month, Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali closed all investigations of Najib, after reviewing investigation reports from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and the transfer of $681 million into Najib's personal bank account. Apandi said the funds transferred into Najib's account were a donation from Saudi Arabia's royal family, and added that no further action needed to be taken.
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| Solid support for Apple in iPhone encryption fight - Reuters/Ipsos | |  By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Americans support Apple Inc's decision to oppose a federal court order demanding that it unlock a smartphone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook, according to a national online Reuters/Ipsos poll. Forty-six percent of respondents said they agreed with Apple's position, 35 percent said they disagreed and 20 percent said they did not know, according to poll results released on Wednesday. Other questions in the poll showed that a majority of Americans do not want the government to have access to their phone and Internet communications, even if it is done in the name of stopping terror attacks.
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| Macedonia postpones elections under EU, U.S. pressure | |  Macedonian lawmakers postponed national elections scheduled for April, responding to concerns abroad that, after months of political deadlock linked to a corruption scandal, conditions were not yet in place for a free and fair vote. In an EU-brokered deal reached last year Macedonia's Conservative VMRO-DPMNE government, under fire over allegations of illegal phone-tapping and widespread abuse of office, agreed to hold elections on April 24, two years ahead of schedule. To meet that timetable, parliament voted in January to dissolve itself on Feb. 24 after Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski tendered his resignation.
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| Classical Indian dance helps trafficking victims to heal, study shows | |  By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences and gain confidence, a pilot study has shown. The six-month study of 50 female survivors in Kolkata and Mumbai found that dance movement therapy helped ease anxiety, depression, anger and post-traumatic stress when used alongside traditional counselling and other rehabilitation efforts. "Often, in the rehabilitation of victims of trafficking and sexual violence, the impact on the body can be overlooked," said Sohini Chakraborty, the founder and director of Kolkata Sanved, a charity which carried out the research.
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