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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. Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    As a subscriber I got to experience this highly newsworthy story before all of you!

    Oh joyful day. Money well-spent.

  2. My first time . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post!

  3. Re:Or maybe it's true by MrLint · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    geez youd think giving money back to the working poor would also be eaiser than invading 2 nations in 2 years? But look George Bush does it.

  4. Re:Explain that to the Kurds by CowboyBob500 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    All I'm saying is that you can't believe everything you see and hear, including what you've just said.

    I'm not going to get all political about this, and I'm not going to say one viewpoint is right and one is wrong. What I can say is that I've been involved in some things that have made national news in the UK and the way the footage was cut on the BBC (yes, the supposedly neutral BBC), gave a completely different impression to what actually happened. And this "editing" was no accident either. Events were shown deliberately in the wrong sequence.

    And as for the gassing of the Kurds, you do realise that some historians doubt the official account and attribute the atrocity to the Iranians? Here's an example article. Again, I'm not saying which I believe, just that what you're told through the news media is always a distortion to portray the editor's/company's political agenda.

    Bob

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  5. Re:Jesus! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is no god.

    Jesus Christ may have existed, but he must have been hella stoned to belive he was the son of some imaginary god.

    If you deny this, you are ignoring the facts and following the flock. Go ahead, pray to a brick wall. Just don't let it get in my way.

    Honestly because of all the wars and terible things it causes (slow-down on scientific research, promote lack of tollerance) I hope that all belief in 'god' slowly dies out along with all those other things.

  6. Can we start a new trend... by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... and moderate down anybody that preempts how his comment is going to be moderated?

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