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> There is no way North Korea had the sophistication to hack SONY. Hacking doesn't necessarily require sophistication. > Hacking requires knowledge of the lat
by tireded 12y ago
> There is no way North Korea had the sophistication to hack SONY.
Hacking doesn't necessarily require sophistication.
> Hacking requires knowledge of the latest security vulnerabilities.
Again, no.
> It's impossible to develop good hackers on such a censored network.
Also no. I can imagine being on a heavily censored network being a prime breeding ground for great hackers. Either way, if I were a nation state sponsoring a hack I would presumably give uncensored access to my hack team.
- joelrunyon 12y agoWhy are there all new accounts dismissing this stuff out of hand?
- scastillo 12y agoTotally. Indeed the times i have been more driven and successfull at hacking something, has been on the most restricted environments looking for freedom. bypassing the proxy for example trough icmp tunnels... when you already have the freedom there is less passion to hack something
- billions 12y agoIf you try to break rules in NK, you're dead. Hacking culture and exploration doesn't fit in under a communist regime. No place to practice = no way to become a pro.
- simi_ 12y agoMoney can be exchanged for goods and services. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQpc0QfBaMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQpc0QfBaMc
- billions 12y agoIt may have been outsourced. However, they didn't contract a very talented team since they didn't hop any boxes to hide their identity better. More likely, someone unrelated to NK hacked a box inside NK and started an attack from there.
- billions 12y agoNK does not have computers.
- billions 12y agoNK hacking school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi93PWZ0bMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi93PWZ0bMI
- h43k3r 12y agoI agree with you. I learned a lot of networking because I am behind a proxy which only allows port 80 and 443.