New Jersey men given lengthy sentences for running North Korean laptop farms
2026-04-17T08:51:58Z•daab559869e7eb668741f857fb501db94fce2faea566e51b7982ed1712ab3095
AgingFlyCVE policyNISTNorth KoreaRATUkraineadtechcargo theftcriminal sentencingespionagehospitalsillicit financelaptop farmslaw enforcementprivacyremote accesssupply chaintracking opt-outvulnerability managementwebXray
What happened
Multiple security and privacy developments: Two New Jersey men (Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang) received lengthy prison terms for operating laptop farms that generated more than $5M for the North Korean government. Researchers report sophisticated cargo-theft threat actors running remote-access campaigns that contributed to $6.6B in North American losses in 2025. A new espionage campaign using a malware family dubbed “AgingFly” has targeted Ukrainian hospitals and local government emergency services. A webXray audit found many ad/measurement services ignore legally defined global opt-out signals
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