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Bureau 121, North Koreas elite cyber-warfare cell behind the Sony Hacks?
North Korea has meanwhile denied any hand in the Sony Pictures hack attack.
However the US law enforcement agencies still consider it as a prime suspect behind the Sony hack.
Bureau 121
The specially created Bureau 121 comprises of around 1800 hard coded cyber warriors.
It comes under the General Bureau of Reconnaissance, an elite spy agency run by the North Korean military.
He stated that the Bureau 121 hackers were most talented and rewarded personnel within the North Korean military.
For them, the strongest weapon is cyber.
In North Korea, its called the Secret War, Jang said.
No one knows … his company runs business as usual.
Thats why what he does is scarier, Jang said.
My friend, who belongs to a rural area, could bring all of his family to Pyongyang.
Incentives for North Koreas cyber experts are very strong … they are rich people in Pyongyang.
Over 2,500 apply for places at the university, which has a campus in Pyongyang, behind barbed wire.
It is a great honor for them.
It is a white-collar job there and people have fantasies about it.
Resource :Reuters
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