How can North Korean have top talented hackers? Aren’t their technology and information stuff generally outdated?

Question

I have frequently read news like “North Korean hackers” hacked into a company’s account and stole data, money, etc. In everyone’s impression though, North Korean is a country that has outdated techonology and poor economy development. Their citizens therefore should have bad education.

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Answer 1

North Korean propaganda might be stuck in the 90’s but it is 2023 in North Korea in reality just like it is here. North Korea has awful poverty and inequality for an industrialized nation, but it is one. I mean, they build nuclear weapons and ICBMs, so they literally have rocket scientists, and hacking isn’t rocket science.