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I don't know, on the one hand, NK is objectively behind other nations, but on the other hand, it's still a nation-state, with millions of subjects and complete

I don't know, on the one hand, NK is objectively behind other nations, but on the other hand, it's still a nation-state, with millions of subjects and complete freedom in shaping their policies. They did manage to build something resembling nuclear weapon without help from outside...

realusername 9y ago
Yes indeed but it took them a very long time to build some and we have a lot of traces of NK trying to get intelligence data about nuclear weapons, on the other hand, I've never seen anything which could indicate that they built a proper hacking army (not just an army of scammers to get more money).
- lern_too_spel 9y ago
  > I've never seen anything which could indicate that they built a proper hacking army Google for Bureau 121 and 91 Office. Just because this article is about a programmer who mostly cracked software doesn't mean that other programmers with other focus areas don't exist.
- Can_Not 9y ago
  Could thier army not be composed of 1,000 technically inclined cyber-scammers and 10 "proper hackers"?
toomanybeersies 9y ago
They had help from Pakistan at the start of the nuclear program.