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Hackers who exposed North Korean government hacker explain why they did it
The two self-described hacktivists said they had access to the North Korean spy’s computer for around four months before deciding what they had found should be made public.
There are countless cybersecurity companies and researchers who closely track anything the North Korean government, and its many hacking groups are up to, which includes espionage operation but also increasingly largecryptoheists, as well as wide-ranging operations where North Koreans pose as remote IT workers to fund the regime’s nuclear weapons program. During their operation, Saber and cyb0rg found evidence of active hacks carried out by Kim, against South Korean and Taiwanese companies, which they say they contacted and alerted. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai is a Senior Writer at TechCrunch, where he covers hacking, cybersecurity, surveillance, and privacy.
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