North Korea denies involvement in Sony Pictures hack attack

North Korea has denied its involvement in a hack attack on Sony Pictures just ahead of the release of a film based on a plot to kill leader Kim Jong-un.

A spokesman for the National Defense Commission said that it did not know "where in America the Sony Pictures is situated" and for what "wrongdoing" did it become a target for the attack, reported CNET. 

Accusing the Hollywood studio of producing a film "abetting a terrorist act while hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership," the spokesman said that the hack attack may be a "righteous deed" of the supporters and sympathizers of the nation in response to the country's call to end "U.S. imperialism."

North Korea had earlier registered a complaint with the United Nations and the United States over the comedy film, The Interview. The movie shows Seth Rogen and James Franco playing two reporters who are granted an audience with Jong-un and are then enlisted by the Central Investigative Agency (CIA) to assassinate him. A hack attack on Sony Pictures shut down its computers and made unreleased films available on the internet during the critical holiday movie season.

North Korea has been a prime suspect in the attack.