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Such an attack is, IMO, morally dubious. North Korea is a poor country with millions of starving citizens, and rather than sending food aid, you broke down their only comms to the rest of the world?
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Why isn’t he in prison? I mean, going by the West’s own laws, or the spirit of them, anyway. Unless he is part of said West’s Armed Forces, in which case this would get really close to a casus belli .
> Why isn’t he in prison? He very much could, if politics changed. The US hates NK not because they are authoritarian but because they are not aligned. If they were to be aligned, and this guy didn't act on proper authorization, he could find himself in hot waters in the USA. Plus he might have broken a bunch of "international" rules which could see him in trouble if he was to travel to some countries. It is really r…
Almost certainly not. The vector would have been saved. And he wouldn’t have maintained this public profile ex post facto.
Consider, for example, taking it down during today’s state visit? (After you’ve quadruple checked that the Russians have independent connectivity.)
Such an attack is, IMO, morally dubious. North Korea is a poor country with millions of starving citizens, and rather than sending food aid, you broke down their only comms to the rest of the world?
Nothing about this ama/article suggests that NK is anything but a Potemkin country - a false baddie for others to hide behind. The NK idea is useful to agencies, in certain circumstances.
The hacker doesn't understand what they're getting themselves into, especially bragging about it. The hard part about going up against an entire nation/state is that it's relentless. The state never gets tired and never runs out of money, they could setup a team of people to 'work' on that individual and also potentially his present and future family members for a very long time. They can keep replenishing their team…
Someone engrossed in digital foolery not understanding how the real world works is so stereotypical I wonder if there's more to this. Incidentally for anyone who's actually paying attention, the first rule in covert actions is being and staying inconspicuous. The real world isn't like Hollywood where people working in the shadows can become celebrities as a side gig. I hope this guy has a really good security detail…
Some hacker movie said the problem is when you brag about it, and you desperately want to... and just looking at his post with the edits, he really is metaphorically jerking off to how awesome he is.
Holy frakk, he's even posted his face on that post. GOD DAMN! I half look forward to reading about how 2 women were fooled into pranking^W assassinating him (1). I hope dude isn't thinking of travelling to Asia anytime soon.
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam#...
I'm unsure on the ethics of this. Yes only the elite have the internet, but also the internet is likely used internally for communication, which is important for resource distribution. I don't give two shits about the elite in NK, but the starving folks living there have my deepest sympathy. I'm lucky to have a lot of advantages, and I can't help but see many of them as an accident of birth.
I think I can make it simple. Would love to hear of any cases refuting this.
If the country is on the US State Department's 'Sponsored' program list (currently DPRK, Iran, Sudan, and Cuba) it doesn't count. Florida terrorism ok, you get a pass and called a hero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Posada_Carriles
Comparing to other more recent Florida originated attack on against a poor country, the assassination of Haiti's president. Haiti is not on that country approval list, go directly to jail: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-florida-men-arrested-plo...
Indescribably based.
How much exposure of the regular internet do North Korean hackers have? What are the odds of turning them?