North Korean workers used stolen IDs to land remote IT jobs at 70 U.S. firms

Federal prosecutors say North Korean operatives got remote IT jobs at at least 70 U.S. companies in healthcare, retail, communications and other fields using stolen American identities. Working from abroad through U.S.-based laptops that made them appear local — so-called laptop farms — they sent about $3 million to Pyongyang, the Justice Department said Oct. 13, 2026.