Tech-savvy: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting a shelling drill of a long-range artillery sub-unit tasked to hit major targets in the southwestern waters at an undisclosed place. — AFP
After the United States officially blamed North Korea last week for the cyber attack on Sony Pictures, Pyongyang’s cyber capabilities and growing threats from them came into the spotlight.
The communist state has nearly doubled the number of its cyber warfare operatives to around 5,900 over the last two years, military authorities in South Korea estimate, as Pyongyang seeks to strengthen its asymmetric military capabilities.
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