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North Korean defector: 'Bureau 121' hackers operating in China
Source: CNN
North Korean defector: 'Bureau 121' hackers operating in China
Will Ripley, CNN
Updated 12:58 AM ET, Wed January 7, 2015
Shenyang, China (CNN)On the streets of the neon-lit Chinese city of Shenyang, you'll find a restaurant, hotel, and other businesses owned and operated by the North Korean government.
You'll also find a secret network of North Korean hackers, known as Bureau 121, according to defector Kim Heung-Kwang.
"It's easy for them to work secretly. It also has great Internet infrastructure," says Kim Heung-kwang, a former Pyongyang computer science professor who escaped North Korea in 2004.
Kim says some of his own students became cyber warriors for the hacker network.
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Will Ripley, CNN
Updated 12:58 AM ET, Wed January 7, 2015
Shenyang, China (CNN)On the streets of the neon-lit Chinese city of Shenyang, you'll find a restaurant, hotel, and other businesses owned and operated by the North Korean government.
You'll also find a secret network of North Korean hackers, known as Bureau 121, according to defector Kim Heung-Kwang.
"It's easy for them to work secretly. It also has great Internet infrastructure," says Kim Heung-kwang, a former Pyongyang computer science professor who escaped North Korea in 2004.
Kim says some of his own students became cyber warriors for the hacker network.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/asia/north-korea-hackers-shenyang/