I sat in on a cyber security talk for my company. One of the things that the expert said is that NK has aptitude tests. If the children score well, they remove the child from the home and place them in a dorm and teach them to hack. As they grow, they do it for the government, but they are also allowed to freelance on their own, so they sometimes sell their work outside.
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I sat in on a cyber security talk for my company. One of the things that the expert said is that NK has aptitude tests. If the children score well, they remove the child from the home and place them in a dorm and teach them to hack. As they grow, they do it for the government, but they are also allowed to freelance on their own, so they sometimes sell their work outside.
It was all really frightening.