U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud
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U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud

The Hacker News · Oct 14, 2026

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U.S. Shuts Down Over 40 Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Fraud
Security October 14, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday charged 14 people and seized about 187 computers as part of its ongoing efforts to disrupt North Korea's fraudulent remote IT worker (ITW) scheme. The indictment charges a mix of U.S. citizens and Chinese nationals for their roles in an IT worker conspiracy affecting more than 70 U.S. companies, charging them with wire fraud conspiracy, money

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