I've always been a little curious how North Korea is able to produce hackers that are competitive on a global scale. It's not only that an average North Korean would grow up with access to fewer resources compared to many countries, but you'd also think that the same information embargo used to keep the population in line would also compromise the ability of the best technical people to educate themselves. Extremely…
Anecdata time: I'm currently an exchange student in China and one of my Chinese friends told me about his attempt to make friends with two North Koreans in his class. They were apparently always staying together, sleeping in the same dorm room, going to the washroom at the same time, the works. When my friend tried to talk to them, they immediately left as if they were afraid. I have read that this is a common tactic…
North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks
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That's also how their border guard works.
Re: North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks
#12What a load of horseshit. From the referenced report: "In 2016 we began observing actors we believe to be North Korean" - key phrase "we believe". "Now, we may be witnessing a second wave of this campaign" - "may be". The whole article is just fishing for connections with zero ties to anything solid. Even if they did connect two dots, we can now claim that a few people doing something is the entire North Korean regim…
Well, if it is someone in NK, how likely is it that an ordinary citizen can do it?
Because its the same as "Russian hackers"
anyone in the world with a proxy can pretend to be the "state sponsored hacker"
I don't see how people are still falling for this, but hey it still works and you can make millions of dollars without prosecution.