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One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about Chi

One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about China or Russia. But when it comes to North Korea, I really have doubts about their IT competence. Sure, they probably have some good programmers able to create ordinary IT systems. But working on edge of current technologies - that's what I have my doubts about.

throwaway210222 6y ago
Why exactly do you think no North Korean can make malware? Hell, I've seen malware from countries in Africa that lack food. These societies have a lot of kurtosis.
kevin_thibedeau 6y ago
Their biggest trading partner uses them as an attack dog to do the things they don't want to be directly associated with. It isn't unreasonable that it was given to them.
- kube-system 6y ago
  If they can get fighter jets, tanks, and missiles from China and Russia, certainly they can get some malware.
daniel-cussen 6y ago
Well, by comparison, Iran is very competent at cyber but they keep getting their uranium centrifuges hacked. North Korea, on the other hand, already didn't get hacked, and built the bomb. They have a lot less money than South Korea, and their political system is...what it is...but I don't see any reason a North Korean can't study just as hard as a South Korean and achieve similar results. I think people confuse North Korea's suffering with weakness. I'll grant that there is a lot of hunger, but the mission from the beginning, of the guerrilla fighters who now run the country, was sovereignty at all costs. And I'd say purely in terms of sovereignty North Korea is doing remarkably well.
- tgragnato 6y ago
  Iranian getting their centrifuges hacked probably has to do more with geography than cyber. Israel is a powerful ally. I would compare South Korea more to a US protected country than to an ally. Given the dynamics with China, the Asian region is "less controllable" than Persia.
tclancy 6y ago
This may be helpful then: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible...

throwaway210222 6y ago

Why exactly do you think no North Korean can make malware? Hell, I've seen malware from countries in Africa that lack food. These societies have a lot of kurtosis.

kevin_thibedeau 6y ago

Their biggest trading partner uses them as an attack dog to do the things they don't want to be directly associated with. It isn't unreasonable that it was given to them.

kube-system 6y ago
If they can get fighter jets, tanks, and missiles from China and Russia, certainly they can get some malware.

daniel-cussen 6y ago

Well, by comparison, Iran is very competent at cyber but they keep getting their uranium centrifuges hacked. North Korea, on the other hand, already didn't get hacked, and built the bomb. They have a lot less money than South Korea, and their political system is...what it is...but I don't see any reason a North Korean can't study just as hard as a South Korean and achieve similar results. I think people confuse North Korea's suffering with weakness. I'll grant that there is a lot of hunger, but the mission from the beginning, of the guerrilla fighters who now run the country, was sovereignty at all costs. And I'd say purely in terms of sovereignty North Korea is doing remarkably well.

tgragnato 6y ago
Iranian getting their centrifuges hacked probably has to do more with geography than cyber. Israel is a powerful ally. I would compare South Korea more to a US protected country than to an ally. Given the dynamics with China, the Asian region is "less controllable" than Persia.

tclancy 6y ago

This may be helpful then: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible...