The North Korean regime is in the process of building up its capabilities to launch offensive computer attacks, according to news reports out of South Korea. The reports say that North Korea is specifically strengthening its information warfare program with the intention of targeting its two traditional antagonists, the United States and South Korea, AFP reports. The team now has about 100 hackers, mostly graduates of a military academy in Pyongyang, it said. A military spokesman told AFP that the unit had upgraded equipment and strenghtened cyber warfare capabilities
Source: https://threatpost.com/north-korea-upgrading-cyberattack-capabilities-050509/72621/