SEOUL North Korea has an army of up to 3,000 trained hackers and is "100%" capable of having launched the "WannaCry" ransomware attack that has paralyzed businesses and government agencies since mid-May, according to a computer professor who defected from the country.
Kim Heung-kwang, founder and director of North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, warns against downplaying North Korea's cyber capabilities. (Photo by Sotaro Suzuki) Kim Heung-kwang, founder and director of North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, a nonprofit organization promoting North Korean defectors' rights, told the Nikkei Asian Review on May 18 that the rogue state has world-class software engineering talent and technology, which it has been nurturing since the 1960s.
