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#4 BleepingComputer general October 14, 2026 at 19:41 UTC

FBI raids DPRK IT worker laptop farms in Texas, US nationals arrested

By Bill Toulas

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The DOJ disrupted North Korea's Famous Chollima IT worker fraud operation, arresting two U.S. nationals, charging 14 individuals (a mix of U.S. citizens and Chinese nationals), and seizing 187 laptops from over 40 laptop farm locations raided in Texas in September. The scheme defrauded more than 70 U.S. companies and generated approximately $3 million in revenue for the North Korean regime. This is one of the most sweeping enforcement actions yet against DPRK remote worker infiltration.

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