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Meet the guy who single-handedly took down North Korea’s internet
A US-based cyber security expert gets hacked by North Korea. He hacks back. Takes out the entire country’s limited internet for nine days. We get the story from Dina Temple-Raston, of the podcast Click Here.
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Illustration by Megan J. Goff
When North Korea hacked Alejandro Caceres, he expected the US government to rush to his defense. When they just shrugged, he took matters into his own hands.
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An earlier version of this story appeared on the “CLICK HERE” podcast from Recorded Future News. Additional reporting by Sean Powers.