FBI seizes 187 laptops in raid on North Korean 'laptop farms'

The FBI searched more than 40 Texas residences and seized 187 laptops and other devices used to place North Korean IT workers in U.S. companies under false identities. CrowdStrike, which assisted the operation, said the Famous Chollima campaign targeted more than 70 U.S. firms in aerospace, energy, finance and defense.

• 187 laptops and KVM devices seized, about 100 of them in North Texas
• Famous Chollima campaign hit more than 70 U.S. companies
• Earnings from the remote jobs funded North Korea's weapons programs
• CrowdStrike reported two arrests in Ohio as part of the operation