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North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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NK's capabilities are vastly overblown. Calling it a "bear" is part of their disinformation strategy, just like Russia. You're amplifying their propaganda.

NK's capabilities are vastly overblown. Calling it a "bear" is part of their disinformation strategy, just like Russia. Calling it a "bear" is utilizing the common expression "Don't poke the bear," not an assessment of North Korea's abilities.

Please don't feed the trolls or the bears.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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PSA: Whether bare knuckle boxing or global hacking, always remember the first rule of Fight Club.

Either way, I don't know what you mean. What is this "Fight Club" of which you speak? Is it an agro baseball bat? It's probably some Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia Brad Pitt signed, right?

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Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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> “I want them to understand that if you come at us, it means some of your infrastructure is going down for a while.” Doing that is one thing, and certainly won't increase your personal safety. Doing that and telling the western press to embarrass them is insanely stupid. Kim Jong-un is widely believed to have ordered the assassination of his half-brother. And you want to threaten the infrastructure of his country? T…

It's not infrastructure. He attacked a few propaganda sites aimed at outside audiences. He didn't get into their internal network, which is sealed off from the Internet.

Actual North Korean state sponsored hackers operate from embassies abroad, not from domestic locations. They also hire "security companies" in places like India and China to do a lot of the dirty work.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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Do bear in mind that the way this interpreted under US law is considered by most non-Americans to be completely bonkers, and is only sustained by strong, uncompromising activist pressure. I doubt the NRA would organize a picket to defend your right to run PGP.

No offense but why would I care at all what a non-American thinks? They are not governed by this law and so have 0 say in what it should be since it is not a rights violation. I am only sorry you all live with such a lack of a basic right and find it normal. From the other perspective: gun rights are under constant attack from fearmongering media and I find that bonkers. All it takes is one (1) psycho POS shooting up…

I hate that pro gun propaganda is seeping in to our country and gun access is getting more relaxed allowing psychos to get armed. I want my right not to get shot to be intact. The police isn't also assuming you are armed during routine stops so they aren't so trigger happy.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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So if the reds start parachuting down over your community you should just sit pretty lest you interfere with your military’s operations? The equivalence is not a false one in my eyes because a cyberattack against a US national’s systems should be seen as an attack on a US national’s property.

So that guy downloaded some random "hacking tool" a friend of his found, and no shit it had a backdoor. He was never directly targeted by the North Koreans.

NK did personally target security researchers for compromise. See the TAG post referenced inTFA.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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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?

> 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?

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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None of the US wars since WWII have been formally declared wars. They're still wars. The conflict with North Korea ended with an armistice, not a formal treaty. The armistice intended for peace treaty discussions to start 3 months later... and they never really did. The US, UN Command, and North Korea are still operating under a temporary cease-fire that's now basically 70 years old. (I don't think South Korea even s…

If you're technically not at war then you can't at the same time be technically still at war. Neither side declared war against the other or is currently acting like they are at war, thus they aren't at war.

They are technically at war[0].

> acting like they are at war, thus they aren't at war

It matters legally that you are technically at war even if you aren't acting like it. It allows the specific wartime actions.

South Korea this matters and the UN as well. North Korea is actively sanctioned as a result of not being at peace.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_conflict#Korea

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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Not being able to use arms absolutely is an infringement of the right to bear them. I mean, how would it be different if we claimed that you can own a gun but not shoot it? One point that gets lost about the 2nd Amendment is that it should be considered an inalienable right. Meaning, it cannot be diminished by any law of man. Consequently, most of the gun laws can be viewed as fundamentally unconstitutional, and any…

> Not being able to use arms absolutely is an infringement of the right to bear them. That doesn't follow. The right to own something does not imply the right to use it. > One point that gets lost about the 2nd Amendment is that it should be considered an inalienable right. Meaning, it cannot be diminished by any law of man. Consequently, most of the gun laws can be viewed as fundamentally unconstitutional, and any a…

Indeed, inalienable rights cannot by definition be granted; they can only be recognized.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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I would have advised him to stay quiet about this. Not out of fear of the North Koreans, but out of fear of our own security agencies seeing the activity as interfering in international relations. Also the vagueness of our hacking laws probably make what he did a crime. But I also am immensely proud that we have people willing to take things into their own hands when needed. Also, I feel like the 2nd amendment should…

Encryption was considered a weapon previously, which resulted in an export ban. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_...

North Korea is qualified as a "rogue state," so it's still illegal to export encryption there.
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