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[Cliron]

Felt like this was more appropriate here than in the N. Korea thread in the poopdeck.

http://news.sky.com/story/1128156/no...f-cyber-trolls

North Korea Creates Army Of Cyber Trolls
Thousands of computer experts are hacking into websites and posting propaganda on forums, according to a South Korean think tank.4:41pm UK, Tuesday 13 August 2013 An illustration picture shows projection of binary code on man holding aptop computer in Warsaw
North Korea allegedly uses internet trolls to spread propaganda



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North Korea has assembled a team of 3,000 cyber agents, including hundreds of trolls, whose job is to undermine morale in South Korea, according to a think tank.

The computer experts spread propaganda by hacking into South Korean websites and linking them through to pro-North Korea outlets.

The trolls - believed to number about 200 - reportedly use identities stolen from South Korean internet users to post comments on web forums.

"The North has established a team of online trolls at the United Front Department and the Reconnaissance General Bureau," Ryu Dong-Ryul of the Police Policy Institute told a seminar at the Seoul Press Centre, according to South Korea's Chosun newspaper.

The think tank said the United Front Department hacks into South Korean websites through servers based in 19 countries, using constantly changing IP addresses to avoid detection.

It said the trolls were part of a 3,000-strong cyber army and claimed they posted more than 41,000 items of propaganda online in 2012, up from 27,000 the year before.

An estimated 300 North Koreans are trained in cyber warfare every year, compared to just 30 in the South, Lim Jong-in of Korea University told Chosun.

They are picked from elite middle schools in the North Korean capital Pyongyang and spend 10 years honing their skills at Kim Il-Sung Military University, Mirim University or Kim Chaek University of Technology, the newspaper reported.

In June, internet security company Symantec suggested a string of attacks on South Korean websites dating back four years were the work of a gang known as DarkSeoul.

Although it could not confirm the group is run by North Korea, several major broadcasters and banks in South Korea, as well as the country's presidential office, have been targeted.

[Bregor]

kekekekekekekeke

That explains some of the posters here, actually.

[Tajin]

Bunch of tryhards if they require 10 years and schooling to troll like a boss.

[Pirian]

Bunch of tryhards if they require 10 years and schooling to troll like a boss.

Hey man, trolling is a art

[Tajin]

Hey man, trolling is a art

Damn right.

[Callisto]

Felt like this was more appropriate here than in the N. Korea thread in the poopdeck.

http://news.sky.com/story/1128156/no...f-cyber-trolls

Somewhat related: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...media/2651715/

[Ksandra]

I would have totally defended the US on the interwebs for a scholarship. Our country sucks balls for being behind the curve.

[ronin sparthos]

You don't need to pay Americans to voice their opinions and fling shit for or against their government when they do it for free every day.

IMPEACH OBUMMER
FUCK YOU REPUBLICUNTS

[Eurell]

You don't need to pay Americans to voice their opinions and fling shit for or against their government when they do it for free every day.

IMPEACH OBUMMER
FUCK YOU REPUBLICUNTS

Both of these were written by North Koreans. We all hate eachother because of the pro trolls.

[Cliron]

Somewhat related: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...media/2651715/

Love. Loved everything about this.

[Psion]

Both of these were written by North Koreans. We all hate eachother because of the pro trolls.

if only

[Tajin]

Those crazy chinaman...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-zoo-u...8.html#3oMGza0

A Chinese zoo's supposed "African lion" was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.
A Tibetan mastiff is pictured in China, March 2013 (AFP)
The zoo in the People's Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.

It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made -- but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled "African lion" was barking.

[Bregor]

Those crazy chinaman...
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-zoo-u...8.html#3oMGza0

A Chinese zoo's supposed "African lion" was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking.
A Tibetan mastiff is pictured in China, March 2013 (AFP)
The zoo in the People's Park of Luohe, in the central province of Henan, replaced exotic exhibits with common species, according to the state-run Beijing Youth Daily.

It quoted a customer surnamed Liu who wanted to show her son the different sounds animals made -- but he pointed out that the animal in the cage labelled "African lion" was barking.

Maybe it's a lion?

[ronin sparthos]

The first two puns on the comments section of that article are gold.

went to a zoo once that only had a dog in it . It was a shitzu

Looks likes this zoo's full of cheetahs.

[Squah]

Washington man accused of blowing up his dog.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/us/was...eath-fireworks

The picture of that poor dog melted my heart, man. This is why people care more about dogs than other people. People do shit like this. Dogs lick your face for hours.

[Tajin]

Sick fuck, hope he gets raped to oblivion in prison.

[Byrthnoth]

He sure got that devil good!

[Tyrath]

What in the fuck. Fuck that guy. Someone should strap fireworks to his neck.

[Mazmaz]

I read that as "blowing his dog" and wondered what the big deal was.

[Kuya]

I read that as "blowing his dog" and wondered what the big deal was.