Senior US Administration officials recently disclosed that the Obama Administration has sought China’s help in blocking North Korea’s ability to launch cyberattacks. This is part of the "first steps" toward the “proportional response” President Obama vowed to make North Korea pay for the assault on Sony Pictures. The Chinese have so far not responded and their cooperation is critical, since virtually all of North Korea’s telecommunications run through Chinese-operated networks.
Separately, Gordon Chang on December 21, 2014, told Al Jazeera America that the North Korean hacking group, Unit 121, is based in a luxury hotel in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. He alleged that the three parties involved in the Sony hacking issue were North Korea, China, and US and insisted that China is directly enabling the hacking.
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