North Korean hackers stole a record $1.7B of crypto last year

Post by Salgat » Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 1:23 AM UTC

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What makes you think they'd behave any differently?

Are you implying the Korean people are inherently "evil" or something?

Post by smcl » Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 2:12 AM UTC

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There are probably no good sources for what your average North Korean's life is currently like. There are a handful of famous accounts from a few of those who escaped the country and they're obviously pretty grim (particularly those describing prison camp life) but the stereotype is of this primitive country, which is backwards both ideologically and technologically. I'm not an idiot, I don't believe there's a little…

I'm sorry, but any society that has 60% living below the poverty line, and is ran by a totalitarian regime with minimal respect for basic human rights is absolutely backwards. South Korea, one of the most advanced societies in the world, is basically what North Korea could be if not for its brutal dictatorship. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0417-4

Post by Salgat » Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 2:38 AM UTC

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I'm sorry, but any society that has 60% living below the poverty line, and is ran by a totalitarian regime with minimal respect for basic human rights is absolutely backwards. South Korea, one of the most advanced societies in the world, is basically what North Korea could be if not for its brutal dictatorship. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0417-4

I think you're missing the point here. The expectations are through the floor, people think of the country as effectively useless and laughable, and yet it's been able to stake out a niche in cryptocurrency attacks, there may be some reasonable competency in cybersecurity attacks too. It doesn't mean it's developed (it's not), it doesn't mean it's to a country to be admired (it's not), it simply means you need to loo…

Post by smcl » Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 2:54 AM UTC

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I think you're missing the point here. The expectations are through the floor, people think of the country as effectively useless and laughable, and yet it's been able to stake out a niche in cryptocurrency attacks, there may be some reasonable competency in cybersecurity attacks too. It doesn't mean it's developed (it's not), it doesn't mean it's to a country to be admired (it's not), it simply means you need to loo…

You're not making any point, you're just trying to shut down any criticisms of North Korea as not being "nuanced enough". It's a backwards country with a few niches which yes includes international theft of billions of dollars. You can find the good in anything, even a steaming pile of shit can still provide nutrition to soil. Every country has nice things about it (however few), that's stating the obvious.

Post by poopiokaka » Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 4:12 AM UTC

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It's not that they don't exist, but the easiest way to gain access to a computer system is always going to be to ask for the password. https://xkcd.com/538/

I have no evidence for this, but my feeling was always that the highest-volume exploits were just having a bot run yesterday's Day-0 on every IP listening on a port. You can't get that kind of volume by calling people and asking for their password. If you leave an unsecured mail server accessible to the internet, it'll start sending spam emails within 30 minutes. On the other hand, phishing emails are also automated,…