FBI Says Cyber Attacks On US Businesses Have Followed Sony Hack

The FBI warned U.S. businesses against a malware that cripples computer networks by effectively destroying computer hard drives. Wikimedia Commons / Almonroth

The FBI warned Monday that hackers are using malware to crash the hard drives of U.S. businesses, following a cyber attack that laid waste to the computer network of Sony Pictures Entertainment. An FBI spokesperson declined to say whether the same malicious software was used in the Sony hack, according to a Reuters report.