UPDATE 1-In North Korea, hackers are a handpicked, pampered elite
December 05, 2014 at 06:40 AM EST
SEOUL, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, defectors from the secretive state said as Pyongyang came under the microscope for a crippling hack into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.