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		debuggerpk on Dec 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sony Got Hacked Hard: What We Know and Don't Know ... http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/4/7333263/the-malware-that-t... in the article it says "and the computer that did the compiling was set up to display its text in Korean characters." i have a problem digesting this, because as per my experience, the compiler doesn't leave a trace the native host's display language or does it? what do you people have to say about it?

kevin_thibedeau on Dec 4, 2014 [–]

There was a resource file included with Korean language strings. That either got there because the developers were Korean or as a false flag since malware doesn't otherwise need multilingual support.

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