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North Korean IT Workers Used Stolen US Identities to Earn $3 Million

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News17 Oct 2026, 18:29 CET

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The FBI raided 40 Texas homes over a North Korean scheme that used fake IT workers to target 70 US companies and generate $3 million. The Justice Department (DoJ) announced coordinated enforcement actions this week targeting North Korea’s long-running scheme to place fake IT workers inside American companies.

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