Sony hackers 'Guardians of Peace' threaten cyber attack on CNN

The group of hackers that breached Sony Pictures Entertainment has threatened to attack a US news organisation.

New York Post reports Guardians of Peace, the cyber-terrorists behind the Sony Pictures Entertainment intrusion, has warned that their wake of destruction "may extend to other such organisations in the near future," according to an FBI and Department of Homeland Security Joint Intelligence Bulletin that was obtained by The Intercept.

It is reported that the media organisation that the group has threatened to attack is CNN.

Executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation Trevor Timm said "while it's hard to tell how legitimate the threat is, if a news organisation is attacked in the same manner Sony was, it could put countless sensitive sources in danger of being exposed-or worse."

Timm added that the FBI bulletin is just the latest example that digital security is now a critical press freedom issue, and why news organisations need to make ubiquitous encryption a high priority.