N Korea cyber capabilities not so good: Obama
Washington
IRAN is "good", China and Russia are "very good", but North Korea's cyberattack capabilities are actually not that great, according to an impromptu ranking by US President Barack Obama.
In an interview with online site "re/code" published on Tuesday, Mr Obama used North Korea's relative lack of electronic prowess to underscore how dangerous even less-skilled cyber attackers can be. "Just to give you a sense of how challenging this is - it's not as if North Korea is particularly good at this," Mr Obama said. "But look how much damage they were…
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