An army of seven thousand: how and for what attacks North Korea is training hackers
The most active hackers in the world last year were not Russian, but North Korean. After reviewing cybersecurity reports, The Wall Street Journal calculated that the North Korean group Lazarus carried out 20% more attacks than its closest competitor, Russia's Sofacy, also known as Fancy Bear and by other names. How the North Korean hacker army works In total, the cyber forces of the DPRK are about 7 thousand people. The whole army is divided into three "platoons".