North Korea hacks UK TV company, in retaliation for fictional show about it

North Korean hackers have targeted a fictional British TV show whose plotline centres around the secretive country.

The drama, Opposite Number, revolves around a British nuclear scientist kidnapped in Pyongyang.

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British broadcaster Channel 4 first announced the show in 2014, adding that it would be written by a Oscar-nominated writer.

According to the New York Times, North Korea had reacted angrily at the announcement, calling the show a "slanderous farce."

When it became clear that the British government would not axe the series despite protests, North Korea reportedly hacked into systems belonging to Mammoth Screen, the company co-producing Opposite Number, reports the BBC. Read more...

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