[Wu Blockchain News] Highlight Clip: Behind the $6.3 Billion Binance Heist: How Does North Korea Train World-Class Hackers?

North Korea’s cyber warfare unit, established in the late 1990s and expanded after Kim Jong Un took power, is behind the $6.3 billion Binance heist, according to a Reuters video published November 6, 2026. The program selects up to 200 middle school students annually to study computer science, with top performers advancing to elite universities for advanced mathematics and cryptocurrency systems. Graduates become cyber operatives or overseas IT workers, and top hackers can earn Pyongyang housing while their units retain up to 30% of theft proceeds. The structure matters because it ties state-sponsored hacking to a self-funding incentive model, with unit-level profit sharing sustaining talent retention.