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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. Re:Well, c'mon... by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This site, the Federation of American Scientists, has a comprehensive look at DRK's nuclear program. They're a lot more real than Iraq's WMD. It might be debatable if they have one today, but I wouldn't want to bet on it.

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