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 Aren’t their technology and information stuff generally outdated?

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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 In everyone’s impression though, North Korean is a country that has outdated techonology and poor economy development.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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Also I know it can be hard to believe but everything our government tells us is not the truth. We have seen time and time again that they distort the facts. Then we just disregard their talent for it. COINTELPRO is a good example. I’m not defending North Korea or their economy but it’s not as bad as they say.