Security News US Storms 29 Laptop Farms in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Schemes

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The US has made 29 searches of known or suspected laptop farms supporting North Korean individuals posing as US IT workers.
The US Department of Justice on Monday announced a nation-wide action against fake IT worker schemes funding the North Korean government.
Involving North Korean nationals fraudulently obtaining remote IT employment within US companies by using fake or stolen identities, these schemes are estimated to have netted more than $88 million over six years.
Hundreds of US companies are believed to have been duped into hiring North Korean IT workers, with Americans aiding these individuals to pose as US persons by running laptop farms in the country to disguise their location.

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US Storms 29 Laptop Farms in Crackdown on North Korean IT Worker Schemes

The US has made 29 searches of known or suspected laptop farms supporting North Korean individuals posing as US IT workers.

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