At this point I would assume that foreign states have malware hooked deep enough into all the systems that the only way to eradicate them would be with an incinerator. Plus even after (if?) they update their software I doubt you’d need zero days to get back in. Im interested to see what the upgrade path is for the Red Star OS is though lol

Well, if they're not going to use them to find and shut down the NK hackers, then they should step aside for those who will.

(Of course, there could be deeper ops from the CISA side, but if their only cost is having to lose older vulns, so be it.)

The difference of course being, is that they don't want to shut them down during a time of relative peace. Getting them to harden their presence now is strategically a waste.

In the extremis they can always bring in the orbital cannons and overwhelm them of course.