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Aside: Kaspersky is a Russian company.
TBH, one should be happy that US possess such power. US might be biased, but the country is at least rational.
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I recall how when we had North Korean hacking activities and official attributions people would say, but how do we know it was them and how do we know the government isn’t making things up? But when someone accuses the US we never add any salt. Not that I don’t think it’s false, it’s just that the lack of consistent skepticism is interesting.
One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about China or Russia. But when it comes to North Korea, I really have doubts about their IT competence. Sure, they probably have some good programmers able to create ordinary IT systems. But working on edge of current technologies - that's what I have my doubts about.
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I recall how when we had North Korean hacking activities and official attributions people would say, but how do we know it was them and how do we know the government isn’t making things up? But when someone accuses the US we never add any salt. Not that I don’t think it’s false, it’s just that the lack of consistent skepticism is interesting.
One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about China or Russia. But when it comes to North Korea, I really have doubts about their IT competence. Sure, they probably have some good programmers able to create ordinary IT systems. But working on edge of current technologies - that's what I have my doubts about.
They have a lot less money than South Korea, and their political system is...what it is...but I don't see any reason a North Korean can't study just as hard as a South Korean and achieve similar results.
I think people confuse North Korea's suffering with weakness. I'll grant that there is a lot of hunger, but the mission from the beginning, of the guerrilla fighters who now run the country, was sovereignty at all costs. And I'd say purely in terms of sovereignty North Korea is doing remarkably well.
Aside: Kaspersky is a Russian company.
You might as well say they are an AV firm and there is a conflict of interest just by saying there is some x malware.
Either way they need to proof it.
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One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about China or Russia. But when it comes to North Korea, I really have doubts about their IT competence. Sure, they probably have some good programmers able to create ordinary IT systems. But working on edge of current technologies - that's what I have my doubts about.
Well, by comparison, Iran is very competent at cyber but they keep getting their uranium centrifuges hacked. North Korea, on the other hand, already didn't get hacked, and built the bomb. They have a lot less money than South Korea, and their political system is...what it is...but I don't see any reason a North Korean can't study just as hard as a South Korean and achieve similar results. I think people confuse North…
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One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about China or Russia. But when it comes to North Korea, I really have doubts about their IT competence. Sure, they probably have some good programmers able to create ordinary IT systems. But working on edge of current technologies - that's what I have my doubts about.
Their biggest trading partner uses them as an attack dog to do the things they don't want to be directly associated with. It isn't unreasonable that it was given to them.
Aside: Kaspersky is a Russian company.
Aside: Kaspersky is a Russian company.
It's definitely reasonable to be sceptical here, but that goes both ways.
Aside: Kaspersky is a Russian company.
Not sure it's really meaningful to simply say they're a "Russian company". More specifically, they're a company that has been accused of cooperating with the FSB in attacks against the US government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations... Whatever the case, it's probably wise to take their statements with some skepticism of bias in this regard.
FTFY.
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I recall how when we had North Korean hacking activities and official attributions people would say, but how do we know it was them and how do we know the government isn’t making things up? But when someone accuses the US we never add any salt. Not that I don’t think it’s false, it’s just that the lack of consistent skepticism is interesting.
It's human nature to give things that fit your preconceived notions and biases the benefit of the doubt over those that don't, even when you're aware of this effect . The best we can do is try to be cognizant of it and be really self-critical about our knee-jerk reactions.