I think that the story could very well be legit and not a "balloon army" tactic as stated in an earlier thread. I would like to know where this journalist obtained these figures from. North Korean defectors have devulged important facts to the U.S. and its allies before, and this could be an example of that. I would wonder, if there were 500 hackers aiming at a certain economical being, would it be outrageous to think that one could slip up and leave a trail that could be followed back to North Korea. I would hope Austrailia, in light of this information, would step up its network security to help safeguard information that could have negative effects on citizens of Australia and the United States