Laptop Farm
Ukrainian gets 5 years for helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to five years in prison for providing North Korean IT workers with stolen identities that helped them infiltrate U.S. companies. 39-year-old Oleksandr Didenko of Kyiv, Ukraine, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud conspiracy after being arrested in Poland in May 2024. This week, he was sentenced to […]
US disrupts North Korean IT worker “laptop farm” scheme in 16 states
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced coordinated law enforcement actions against North Korean government’s fund raising operations using remote IT workers. North Korean workers use stolen or fake identities created with the help of AI tools to get hired by more than 100 companies in the U.S., believing they employed experts from other Asian countries […]
US dismantles laptop farm used by undercover North Korean IT workers
The U.S. Justice Department arrested a Nashville man charged with helping North Korean IT workers obtain remote work at companies across the United States and operating a laptop farm they used to pose as U.S.-based individuals. Matthew Isaac Knoot, 38, helped North Koreans use a stolen identity to pose as Andrew M., a U.S. citizen, […]