Big Brother Is Watching You

A defense expert warned Thursday that North Korea’s small army of computer hackers has capacity equal that of the U.S. CIA. He said North Korea also operates some 39 bugging and surveillance posts from where it eavesdrops on communication and signals from all across South Korea.
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In a lecture on Defense Ministry responses to information warfare, Byeon said, “Simulations on North Korea’s information warfare capabilities reveal that Pyongyang could damage the command and control center of U.S. Pacific Command and the power grid of the U.S. mainland.” Byeon said Pyongyang employs 500-600 hackers who are tasked with hacking into computer
networks and disabling enemy command and communication systems. . . .

The defense expert said Pyongyang conducts cyber warfare through the Internet servers of many countries including the U.S. and picks up signals from across South Korea from its surveillance posts. . . .