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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by philliphaydon on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:23AM (#15480800)
I still find it hard to believe that NK is doing all this and not Russia or China or any other country for that matter.
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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by threeseed on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:47AM (#15480887)
Why ? North Korea needs foreign reserves.

And since they aren't part of the world economy and can't be punished why should they care about the implications. And I spent time in Pyongyang and spoke with an Indian worker there. North Korea was running secret 4G mesh networks off their fibre optic network very early on so clearly what people see/believe isn't the reality.

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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by danmaz74 on Monday October 16, 2017 @04:05AM (#15481597)
Russia and China have much to lose if they get caught at this (especially China). NK doesn't.
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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by philliphaydon on Monday October 16, 2017 @06:26AM (#15482199)
Sure but the internet for NK runs via China and Russia. Be easy for them to make it look like it’s from NK.
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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by nejenendn on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:28AM (#15480812)
Well, it’s still working for NK, regardless of who funded it.

Also, I think China is exceedingly unlikely to be the source here, especially when it’s been established the recent nuke technology came from the Ukraine.

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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by everybodyknows on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:51AM (#15480904)
Source for the Ukraine claim?
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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by nejenendn on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:02AM (#15481178)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/world/asia/north-korea-mi...
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