In North Korea, the regime selects between 150 and 200 gifted children each year, from the age of 11 or 12, to train them for careers in cyber operations. The most talented go on to the country’s most prestigious universities and then, at around 17, join the army’s cyber units. Their training includes cryptocurrencies, advanced mathematics, foreign hardware analysis and software development. About 8,400 people were employed in North Korean cyber operations in 2024, a system that may also have been involved in the Binance hack, valued at 6.3 billion dollars.
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