By Sky News US Team
President Barack Obama says he does not consider the Sony hack an act of war but an act of "cyber-vandalism".
The US is weighing up how to respond to the attack, which prompted Sony to withdraw the movie The Interview, which had been set for release during the holiday season.
The movie, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, parodies North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-Un.
"I don't think it was an act of war. I think it was an act of cyber-vandalism that was very costly, very expensive," the US President said in a TV interview set for broadcast later on Sunday.
"We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately."
Speaking to CNN, Mr Obama also said his government was considering putting North Korea back on a US list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
North Korea spent two decades on the list until the Bush administration removed it in 2008 during nuclear negotiations. Some politicians in the US have called for the designation to be restored following the hack.
Only Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba remain on the list, which triggers sanctions that limit US aid, defence exports and certain financial transactions.
The US believes that Pyongyang was behind the hack attack, which also involved the embarrassing leak of scores of private emails of Hollywood stars and industry executives.
North Korea insists it had nothing to do with the cyber-attack on Sony and has proposed a joint investigation with the US.
The White House has rejected the idea.
Republican Senator John McCain said the hack was "more than vandalism" and called it a "new form of warfare".
The group Human Rights Foundation has urged citizens to join their Hack Them Back campaign and "break the monopoly of information that the Kim regime imposes".
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