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  North Korea Training "Cyberwarriors" Abroad

  Posted: June 2nd, 2011, 4:23am CEST by samzenpus

  Tags:  government  

  jfruhlinger writes "A North Korean defector claims that the secretive totalitarian state is nurturing a team of "cyberwarriors," identifying young people with computer skills and sending them abroad to learn the latest hacking techniques, while lavishing privileges on their families at home to keep them loyal. This could lead to an escalation in tensions, especially given that the US military believes that cyberattacks from foreign countries constitute acts of war."

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