The United States had faulted the country for the Sony hack as far back as late 2014. The cyber-operation was believed to be taken in response to The Interview, a Seth Rogen and James Franco movie depicting the assassination of Kim Jong-un. The subsequent leak of emails at the company resulted in severe embarrassment for Sony, and set the stage for similar attacks in recent years, but a charge against a specific person didn’t happen until June, when the previously sealed complaint was filed.

According to prosecutors,…