North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own

Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by rtpg on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:57AM (#15480932)

Gold farming? Hacking mobile games (and their payment systems)?

I'm also a bit confused, but there are ways to turn "game accounts" into cash in a lot of spaces....

Kinda feel like intelligence officials are not exactly at the beck and call of the ESA.

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Re:North Korea's 6000-man army of hackers come into their own by rl3 on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:08AM (#15480965)

>... Hacking mobile games (and their payment systems)?

Good point. Add social games to that as well. It's probably easier to pull off shady activity when targeting a sea of shady activity in the first place.

>Kinda feel like intelligence officials are not exactly at the beck and call of the ESA.

DHS and State do tow that line, however. Intellectual property and anti-piracy matters are a non-trivial component of U.S. foreign policy these days.

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