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Surveillance, state control, executions and how to become a hacker. Are talented mathematicians being groomed to join North Korea’s “cyber army”? And how much choice do they have?

Surveillance, state control, executions and how to become a hacker. Are talented mathematicians being groomed to join North Korea’s “cyber army”? The FBI has accused Park Jin Hyok of being a hacker but how much choice do members of the Lazarus group actually have?
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Mon 21 Jun 202102:32GMT
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