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| Subject: Amateur sleuths crack North Korean secrets Thu May 23, 2013 3:01 am | |
| An online community of amateur satellite sleuths are gathering intelligence about North Korea by comparing historical differences in publicly accessible satellite imagery.
Not only have they been successful in predicting recent rocket launch dates, they have also been able to use the imagery to identify expansions of prisons and changes to key landmarks. More recently, they were able to identify satellite dish upgrades to the country's main TV station, KCTV.
This is no longer [government's] exclusive domain. With the data that is now publicly or commercially available independent individuals can also do this [satellite] analysis. David Jorm, amatuer satellite sleuth
David Jorm, who studies geography and mathematics at the University of Queensland, spoke of the online communities on Wednesday at the AusCERT security conference on the Gold Coast.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/amateur-sleuths-crack-north-korean-secrets-20130523-2k25k.html#ixzz2U63zSkl3
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