>>14118882They used to run scams and sell drugs before cyber crime, but with the rise of the internet cyber crime has become the most lucrative revenue generator. They take the brightest kids they can find in their country, kids who represent them at the mathematical olympiad for example (which they stopped participating in because kids would use it as an opportunity to defect), then funnel them into their cyber crime operation.
So they've taken the most intelligent kids in their country and trained them to be criminals.
