President Barack Obama used an executive order today to impose new sanctions on North Korea today over its 'destructive, coercive cyber-related actions,' including a hack on computers Sony last month. The sanctions affect three state-controlled North Korean companies and 10 of its government officials, the Associated Press reports. Obama, still on vacation in Hawaii, notified Congress of his actions in a letter this afternoon. Scroll down for video At a press conference the day he departed for his annual holiday in the Hawaiian islands, President Barack Obama promised a 'proportional and appropriate' response to North Korea's hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. Today he levied sanctions on the foreign government and 10 of its officials
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The sanctions affect three state-controlled North Korean companies and 10 of its government officials
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Obama, still on vacation in Hawaii, notified Congress of his actions in a letter this afternoon
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The president promised last month to take 'proportional and appropriate' measures to punish North Korea for its attack on Sony's computers
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'Today's actions are the first aspect of our response,' the White House said
The White House has said several times since the Sony hack that it would like to see @placeholder pass new cyber security legislation and it would support those efforts.