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FBI Disrupts North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’ Used to Infiltrate US Companies

Federal agents say the network funneled 85% to 90% of worker earnings to North Korea and targeted more than 70 U.S. companies.

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Agents seized nearly 190 laptops across Texas in a crackdown on fraudulent remote workers whose earnings help fund Pyongyang’s weapons programs.

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The FBI investigators collaborated with CrowdStrike's cybersecurity firm to dismantle the so-called "laptop farms" that steal American identities to get money for Phenian, writes The New York Times.

·Bucharest, Romania
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The US Department of Justice has arrested two Americans accused of helping North Korean IT workers fake jobs at US companies to raise money for Pyongyang.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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KDFW broke the news on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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