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I’m surprised that NK can have such weak computing education at the population level and still find enough high level hackers and cybersecurity people to do the
by user3939382 3y ago
I’m surprised that NK can have such weak computing education at the population level and still find enough high level hackers and cybersecurity people to do these things.
- callalex 3y agoWealthy/connected North Koreans are educated at many top Western and Chinese schools. Heck, the dictator at the top went to middle/high school in Switzerland.
- noitpmeder 3y agoThey are almost certainly pulling on talent pools from one of the neighboring nations.
- mattigames 3y agoYou can say China, they cannot kill you over the internet... yet.
- pxeger1 3y agoThey probably said "neighbouring nations" because they're also including Russia. (Russia has a few miles of border with North Korea)
- mattigames 3y agoI would bet money that near all of all the imported hackers come from China and not Russia.
- altacc 3y agoFrom what I've read from NK experts: they intentionally and intensively create hackers. If you are a child in NK who shows skills in mathematics then you will be monitored and if you are good enough you will be sent to a special mathematics school, where you learn pretty much nothing else. After that you are sent to the one technical university to study computer programming intensively for years. If you pass muster then you will be shipped to China, from where you'll use the better internet access to do anything from steal MMORPG gold, phishing attacks or find zero days. It sounds like a bleak life of 12 hours, constant pressure to deliver and living in cramped dorms. So, a bit like Silicon Valley ;)
- misja111 3y agoA bleak life for sure, but probably still many times better than normal life in NK.