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US 'laptop farm' man accused of outsourcing his IT jobs to North Korea to fund weapons programs

ID: 38527d9a-2f8d-577c-b1af-7476292f042e

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2024-08-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Matthew Connatser

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The FBI arrested a Nashville man accused of operating a "laptop farm" scheme that used stolen Western identities to obtain remote IT jobs from U.S. and UK companies, then had North Korean workers remotely perform the work and funnel payments to DPRK-linked accounts; prosecutors say the operation generated substantial funds for North Korea and is part of broader efforts to disrupt such outsourcing fraud.

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