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by smallnix 406 days ago
Not sure some rank and file 50ct army "hacker" wants to take the risk to insult their god-dictator.
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If he's acting under NK command, this wouldn't be insulting, it's just doing a hacker's work.

Besides, you cannot have it both ways: either North Korean hackers are a "50ct army" or they are a credible threat. Most seem to be arguing they are a credible threat.

Also, he can always take the second option: "why are you asking about this in a job interview?", something many legitimate Korean candidates could ask.

> If he's acting under NK command, this wouldn't be insulting, it's just doing a hacker's work.

I understand where you are coming from, I wanted to express my idea that their person cult shaped culture might be so alien to us, that what seems obvious to us, might be a non-option to them. At least at the level where I imagine such operators.

> you cannot have it both ways: either North Korean hackers are a "50ct army" or they are a credible threat

I assume the people performing the en-masse long term infiltration are not the same with technical skills who the execute technical attacks.