In the week running up to the New Year, many were surprised to see what appeared to be an entirely authentic version of North Korea’s famous OS X knock off, Red Star, appear online.
Claiming responsibility for the 2.2g download was a hacker, or hackers, by the name of Slipstream, claiming they had been "pulling data out of DPRK's ass since 2014.” Slipstream further used the download to ask for donations in crypto-currency dogecoin.
In the week running up to the New Year, many were surprised to see what appeared to be an entirely authentic version of North Korea’s famous OS X knock off, Red Star, appear online.
Claiming responsibility for the 2.2g download was a hacker, or hackers, by the name of Slipstream, claiming they had been "pulling data out of DPRK's ass since 2014.” Slipstream further used the download to ask for donations in crypto-currency dogecoin.
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