🇰🇵 North Korea Starts Training Hackers at Age 11, Defector Says North Korea begins training its hackers at age 11-12, says defector Kim Heung-kwang, who used to train them for the state himself. Every year, 150-200 children are selected from schools and start studying computer science. At 17, the most capable are sent to North Korea’s top universities, and only a select few make it into the army's cyber units. A unit keeps up to 30% from each successful heist, and the state rewards hackers with perks that can include an apartment in Pyongyang. Kim Heung-kwang calls them "Kim Jong Un"s secret weapon."
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