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Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced in $5M North Korea IT Worker Scheme

ID: 22b71ef1-333d-5053-8d65-3f72abd1a975

STIX ID: report--22b71ef1-333d-5053-8d65-3f72abd1a975

Feed Name: The Cyber Express

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2026-04-16

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Samiksha Jain

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### Executive summary A U.S. prosecution revealed a DPRK-linked ‘laptop farm’ scheme that placed overseas operatives into remote IT jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies using stolen U.S. identities and shell companies; two U.S. facilitators were sentenced after the operation generated millions for North Korea and enabled access to sensitive corporate and ITAR-controlled data.

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