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U.S. seizes 187 laptops in North Korean IT crackdown

The U.S. Justice Department says North Korean remote-worker schemes infiltrated more than 70 U.S. companies and generated roughly $3 million for sanctioned entities.

2026.10.14

This photo, released on Oct. 30, 2024. by the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's state mouthpiece, shows a booth from an information technology exhibition jointly hosted by North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang. [YONHAP]

S. Korea, U.S., Japan voice serious concerns over North's IT workers' malicious cyber activities

South Korea, the United States and Japan on Wednesday voiced "serious concerns" over evolving malicious cyber activities by North Korean information technology workers who use AI tools and other means to fund Pyongyang's illicit weapons programs.

2025.8.27

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Stolen IDs and laptop farms: How North Korean IT workers infiltrate Western companies

North Korean hackers are landing IT jobs with Western firms, funneling earnings to Pyongyang's weapons programs. To understand their tactics, the Korea JoongAng Daily spoke with three tech professionals who have encountered suspected agents.

2025.7.29

This image, captured from a State Department account on X, shows an offer of a reward for information on North Korean IT firms and workers. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

U.S. imposes sanctions on North Korean network funding weapons programs through IT workers

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two North Koreans and four entities to target a network that uses North Korean IT workers to generate revenue for the recalcitrant regime's weapons programs.

2025.1.17

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S. Korea, U.S., Japan voice serious concerns over North's IT workers' malicious cyber activities

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Stolen IDs and laptop farms: How North Korean IT workers infiltrate Western companies

U.S. imposes sanctions on North Korean network funding weapons programs through IT workers