FBI Raids Over 40 Texas Homes, Charges Americans in North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’ Scheme
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Remote work and contractor platforms have become an attack surface for state-backed revenue operations, not just petty fraud. If you run distributed teams or marketplaces, tighten identity verification and anomaly detection around hiring flows and payment routes before regulators decide your controls are part of the problem.
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