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> That North Korea would be the prime suspect in a case of cyber-crime might to some be a surprise. Really? This is actually well-known (atleast amongst securi
by sudeepj 5y ago
> That North Korea would be the prime suspect in a case of cyber-crime might to some be a surprise.
Really? This is actually well-known (atleast amongst security agencies) [1][2]
[1] https://www.ft.com/content/cbb28ab8-8ce9-11e9-a24d-b42f641eca37 https://www.ft.com/content/cbb28ab8-8ce9-11e9-a24d-b42f641ec...
[2] https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/cyber-warfare-how-north-korea-created-an-army-of-dangerously-good-hackers-118042000115_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/cybe...
- johncoltrane 5y ago"To some"
- dagw 5y agoIt's well known among people who pay attention to these sorts of things, but a lot of otherwise well educated people seem to think that all of North Korea is a primitive backwater stuck in the 50s lacking any kind of technical sophistication.
- Clewza313 5y agoThe vast majority of the country (basically everything outside Pyongyang) is just that. But even in North Korea, the future is unevenly distributed.
- dagw 5y agoThe vast majority of the country (basically everything outside Pyongyang) is just that. Oh absolutely, which I guess is why so many people find it so surprising that they at the same time have pretty decent cyber offensive capabilities.
- sometimesshit 5y agoThey have some Math people and I wonder why the regime didn't use state of art AI in their attacks. They surly has the potential but I don't see they are fully using it.