Topic: Usb Sticks

A Korean-American man, Kim Dong-chul, was arrested in North Korea and confessed to stealing nuclear secrets on a USB stick for the US and South Korean governments. Media reports compared his confession to that of Otto Warmbier, the American student detained for stealing a propaganda poster. The hosts question the similarity between high-level espionage and a "goofball" student prank.

Reports from Italian newspapers alleged that Russia spied on delegates at the September G20 summit in St. Petersburg by handing out bugged USB memory sticks and phone charging cables. A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin denied the claims. The reporting is criticized for using vague technical terms like "bug" and "glitch" to describe complex espionage.