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> That North Korea would be the prime suspect in a case of cyber-crime might to some be a surprise.

Really? This is actually well-known (atleast amongst security agencies) [1][2]

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/cbb28ab8-8ce9-11e9-a24d-b42f641ec...

[2] https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/cybe...

It's well known among people who pay attention to these sorts of things, but a lot of otherwise well educated people seem to think that all of North Korea is a primitive backwater stuck in the 50s lacking any kind of technical sophistication.

The vast majority of the country (basically everything outside Pyongyang) is just that. But even in North Korea, the future is unevenly distributed.

The vast majority of the country (basically everything outside Pyongyang) is just that.

Oh absolutely, which I guess is why so many people find it so surprising that they at the same time have pretty decent cyber offensive capabilities.

They have some Math people and I wonder why the regime didn't use state of art AI in their attacks.

They surly has the potential but I don't see they are fully using it.

"To some"

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