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North Korea’s Red Star Linux inserts sneaky serial content tracker

ERNW security analyst Florian Grunow says North Korea’s Red Star Linux operating system is tracking users by tagging content with unique hidden tags.

The operating system, developed from 2002 as a replacement for Windows XP, was relaunched with a Mac-like interface in 2013’s version three. The newest version emerged in January 2015.

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