A UK university has funded two North Korean students’ studies in cyber security, it is alleged. The hermit state has developed a cyber-assault strategy with the capacity to attack South Korean and US infrastructure, a defector claims.
Two young people from the regime’s elite circles, who were based at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, have received bursaries to study an MSc in electronic, network and computer engineering worth tens of thousands of pounds at London’s Westminster University.
In total, each student will receive £28,000, which covers flights, course fees, accommodation and a stipend.
The bursaries coincide with growing concern regarding North Korea’s alleged computer hacking campaign, which recently culminated in a direct attack on movie giant Sony Pictures.
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http://rt.com/uk/216639-north-korea-cyber-security/
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