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North Korea's School For Hackers?

Posted by simoniker on from the if-in-doubt-consult-bond-movie dept.

Makoto writes "How do you launch a cyber-war with no IP infrastructure? South Korea claims that North Korea is training about 100 "cybersoldiers" per year in electronic warfighting tools and techniques, including writing viruses and hacking. But according to a story at Wired News, North Korea can barely keep its electrical grid up - not to mention feed its people. Even the Pentagon says North Korea's hacker academy is probably just propaganda by South Korea."

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  1. Explain that to the Kurds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And if North Korea doesn't have nukes, they damn well shouldn't be trying to give the impression that they do given their history of murdering South Korean politicians and kidnapping Japanese kids to go along with their "starve the masses" food distribution system.