North Korean Hacking Training System Exposed, Successful Operations Yield Up to 30% of Funds

North Korea has developed a hacking force, considered its secret weapon, through over a decade of incentives and selection processes. The selection can start as early as middle school at around eleven or twelve years old, with approximately 150 to 200 outstanding students chosen each year to study computer science. After turning seventeen, the best candidates enter top universities for further screening, with a few joining military cyber units, where training includes cryptocurrency protocols and reverse engineering. Those not selected are often trained to write software remotely for Western companies. Successful hacking operations can allow the affiliated units to receive up to about 30% of the stolen funds in USD, and they may also receive benefits such as housing and arranged marriages provided by Pyongyang. The South Korean National Intelligence Service estimates that there are about 8,400 personnel involved in North Korea's cyber warfare. Binance has pointed to the North Korean-linked organization TraderTraitor as responsible for the theft of approximately $6.3 billion from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, last month, which Pyongyang has denied.

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