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FBI raids DPRK IT worker laptop farms in Texas, US nationals arrested

BleepingComputer·October 14, 2026·1 min read
FBI raids DPRK IT worker laptop farms in Texas, US nationals arrested

The U.S. Department of Justice disrupted North Korean threat group Famous Chollima by arresting two suspects, charging 14 individuals, and seizing nearly 187 laptops used in remote IT worker schemes. The FBI raids targeted laptop farms in Texas, where operatives posed as U.S. workers to infiltrate companies and generate revenue for the DPRK regime.

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