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What do they mean "north korea hacked him" ? Does NK hire hackers? How is it possible for NK to have competent hackers?

by jokoon 5y ago

foepys 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_121 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_121 North Korea successfully stole tens of millions by hacking banks via SWIFT between 2015 and 20216 and probably several hundreds of millions in crypto currency in 2021 alone. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59990477 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59990477 NK apparently has a very capable cyber warfare unit and hacking crypto currency wallets/exchanges is a major income for them.
malermeister 5y ago
Why wouldn't it be possible for a country of almost 26M people to have competent hackers? Just cause they live in a dictatorship doesn't mean they're all stupid.
doublerabbit 5y ago
> he opened a file sent to him by a fellow hacker, who had described it as an exploitation tool. Is it not potentially their mistake in the first place? They opened themselves to becoming exploited via social engineering. And if that is the real reason why, they were not really hacked. So can we stop using the term "hacked" so ambiguously?
- chc4 5y ago
  Respectfully, you have no clue what you are talking about and should read https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targeting-security-researchers/ https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targe...
  - doublerabbit 5y ago
    He was socially engineered in-by trusting who was thought a buddy to open a file; who which was maliciously a actor for the N.Korea. I've been a SysAdmin for god-long time, so thank you for respectfully telling me that I am not, when I am full well aware of what I am talking about. He was socially engineered to open a file. It wasn't Abbacada 123, poof your hacked. It was his fault, he opened the file and that makes him foolish of him to "trust" and open a file. End result, he got himself infected with an exploit.

What do they mean "north korea hacked him" ? Does NK hire hackers? How is it possible for NK to have competent hackers?

by jokoon 5y ago

What do they mean "north korea hacked him" ? Does NK hire hackers? How is it possible for NK to have competent hackers?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_121 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_121 North Korea successfully stole tens of millions by hacking banks via SWIFT between 2015 and 20216 and probably several hundreds of millions in crypto currency in 2021 alone. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59990477 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59990477 NK apparently has a very capable cyber warfare unit and hacking crypto currency wallets/exchanges is a major income for them.

malermeister 5y ago

Why wouldn't it be possible for a country of almost 26M people to have competent hackers? Just cause they live in a dictatorship doesn't mean they're all stupid.

doublerabbit 5y ago

> he opened a file sent to him by a fellow hacker, who had described it as an exploitation tool. Is it not potentially their mistake in the first place? They opened themselves to becoming exploited via social engineering. And if that is the real reason why, they were not really hacked. So can we stop using the term "hacked" so ambiguously?

chc4 5y ago
Respectfully, you have no clue what you are talking about and should read https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targeting-security-researchers/ https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-campaign-targe...
- doublerabbit 5y ago
  He was socially engineered in-by trusting who was thought a buddy to open a file; who which was maliciously a actor for the N.Korea. I've been a SysAdmin for god-long time, so thank you for respectfully telling me that I am not, when I am full well aware of what I am talking about. He was socially engineered to open a file. It wasn't Abbacada 123, poof your hacked. It was his fault, he opened the file and that makes him foolish of him to "trust" and open a file. End result, he got himself infected with an exploit.