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#8 BleepingComputer general May 07, 2026 at 13:45 UTC

Americans sentenced for running 'laptop farms' for North Korea

By Sergiu Gatlan

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Two U.S. nationals were each sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating laptop farms that enabled North Korean IT workers to fraudulently obtain remote employment at nearly 70 American companies, generating a combined $1.2 million for the North Korean regime. The case underscores the persistent threat of North Korea's IT worker infiltration program targeting U.S. businesses and highlights insider threat risks in remote-work hiring processes. HR and security teams should review remote employee verification procedures in light of this ongoing DPRK campaign.

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