http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20120607001276&cpv=0 By Choi He-suk The Korea Herald 2012-06-07 North Korea’s electronic warfare capabilities are second only to Russia and the United States, a South Korean expert claimed Thursday. Professor Lee Dong-hoon of the Korea University Graduate School of Information Security said the North is running a special unit of 3,000 elite hackers under the direct control of its leader Kim Jong-un. “North Korea has been preparing for cyber warfare since the late 1980s and is now the third strongest after Russia and the U.S.,” he said at the Defense Security Command’s defense information security conference in Seoul. “In North Korea the state nurtures cyber (warfare) personnel to achieve military aims, and is capable of conducting various cyber attacks including denial of service and hacking.” [...] -- We're in a bit of a budget crunch, Help InfoSec News with a Donation http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Fri Jun 08 2012 - 00:54:29 PDT
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