US nationals behind DPRK IT worker 'laptop farm' sent to prison
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Feed Name: Bleeping Computer
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Two U.S. nationals were convicted for operating a scheme that enabled North Korean IT workers to impersonate U.S. residents and obtain employment with more than 100 U.S. companies, including Fortune 500 firms, by using stolen identities, fake companies, shell accounts, and hosted laptops; the operation generated over $5 million for DPRK entities and caused approximately $3 million in estimated damages to victim companies, leading to coordinated DOJ/FBI enforcement, guilty pleas, and multi-year prison sentences.
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