A US Company’s "hacking" competition is won by North Korean (NK) students.

According to the US-based nonprofit HackerEarth, North Korean computer science students took first place in the "hacking" competition.

Students from different colleges in the country took part in the "May Circuits '23" competition of the San Francisco-based corporation, according to the report, which is based on the official state television, KCTV, and the website that covers North Korea, "NK News".

Students from North Korea, who finished in the top 5, were able to earn all possible points.

The top three finishing students in the HackerEarth competition received gift cards to Amazon worth a combined $225.

However, it is unknown how the business will send the coupons to the honoree pupils given the Washington administration's sanctions against North Korea.

According to Mitch Haszard, a senior intelligence analyst at the US-based cybersecurity company Recorded Future, such contests might have a significant impact on how well-rounded North Korean students are.

Successful students in North Korea are reportedly under the authority of the government, and in recent years, these students have been instructed to hack computers in order to gather intelligence.

The topic of North Korea's hacking activity is on the table.

A hacker group with North Korean support reportedly attempted to launch a cyberattack on 61 different organizations' computers on April 18, according to South Korea.

On June 13, it was discovered that North Korean hackers had stolen digital currency valued at more than $100 million from the cryptocurrency program Atomic Wallet.

The United Nations announced in a statement at the start of 2023 that North Korea stole more digital currency in 2022 than the year before.

The stolen funds, according to international observers, were transferred to North Korea's sanctioned nuclear and missile programs.