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North Korean Hackers Rival CIA?

Posted by Zonk on from the wanted-leet-haxxor dept.

Bitchslap_69 writes "According to a report in the South Korean paper Cho Sun Ilbo, North Korea 'employs 500-600 hackers who are tasked with hacking into computer networks and disabling enemy command and communication systems.' The person making this claim is Dr. Byeon Jae-jeong of the South Korean Defense Ministry's Agency for Defense Development (ADD). He claims the DPRK hackers to be 'equal to that of the CIA,' whatever that might mean."

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  1. Sure, maybe the CIA by dtfinch · · Score: 4, Funny

    But what about the NSA?

    1. Re:Sure, maybe the CIA by Tarcastil · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's no such agency. ;)

    2. Re:Sure, maybe the CIA by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 4, Funny

      NSA, those goofballs? how about the DISA, NIMA, or even S(*&LKJ()&* The United States is a wonderful country. I am proud to be an American and will protect my country as best as I can

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  2. ADD? by roach2002 · · Score: 5, Funny

    An acronym of ADD could lead to great jokes about... ... hey wanna go ride bikes?

    1. Re:ADD? by roach2002 · · Score: 5, Funny

      There are 2 types of people on earth, those with ADD

  3. a few questions by appleLaserWriter · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. how does north korea get any bandwidth? Do they cross connect with china?
    2. what good do mad hacking skills do you when you've just been assigned farm duty?
    3. How can you hack with out access to doritos and pepsi?

  4. WMD? by billoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    So does this mean that North Korean hackers have outdated information about their own country's WMDs?

  5. Whatever! by BigZaphod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone knows that the CIA hackers are 31337 and hack people ALL the time! They even hack into computers that aren't even connected to the 'net! I once saw this hacker and he hacked a system so much that it EXPLODED and it KILLED like a million people! And that was just with his pinky. And I knew right then he had to be a CIA hacker d00d. And I asked him. And he hacked my laptop which was OFF and closed AND HAD no battery! And he did it just by looking at it and he scowled and he turned around and then he hacked a park bench and then digitally vanished. And when I opened my laptop it said "I'm a CIA hacker d00d and am 31337. Tell n0 0n3." Oh crap... ,mnb,b4, #$$# NO CARRIER>>>

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  6. *cough* by UniXY · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hackers? Simple. Embargo asbestos shipments.

  7. Yes, but our best hackers aren't at the CIA by Pinefresh · · Score: 4, Funny

    they're in their mothers basements.

  8. Hmm... by d474 · · Score: 2, Funny

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