Originally published on satyamrastogi.com Two Americans convicted for running laptop farms that provided remote access infrastructure for North Korean IT workers to obtain fraudulent employment at 70+ U.S. companies, bypassing identity verification and creating persistent network access points. North Korea Laptop Farms: Remote Access Infrastructure for IT Worker Fraud Executive Summary The sentencing of two U.S. nationals for operating "laptop farms" serving North Korean IT workers represents a critical convergence of supply-chain compromise, identity fraud, and persistent network infiltration. This operational model--while ostensibly focused on employment fraud--creates a sophisticated infrastructure for long-term corporate network access, credential harvesting, and potential lateral movement within victim organizations.…