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DOJ arrests two, seizes 187 devices in North Korean laptop farm crackdown in Texas

Oct 13 - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced the arrests of two Americans accused of helping North Korean IT workers to steal identities and obtain fraudulent employment at US companies to earn money for the North Korean government.

Event date
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Coverage
3 outlets · 3 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
India, Singapore, United States
English
Countries concerned
China, United States
Justice · intensity 3.7 · tone -1.00
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Covered mainly by the Western sphere (33%); silent in Arab-Muslim world.

Western 33%Sino-Russian & BRICS 33%Arab-Muslim world 0%Global South 33%

Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.

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  • Confirmed by 3 outlets in 3 countries.
  • Ignored by Arab-Muslim world.
  • Propagation: first reported by kannada.hindustantimes.com (India), . 3 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS
Arab-Muslim world

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Global South

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Event sources

  1. DOJ arrests two, seizes 187 devices in North Korean laptop farm crackdown in Texas
    kannada.hindustantimes.comINIndia → United StatesEnglish
  2. DOJ arrests two, seizes 187 devices in North Korean laptop farm crackdown in Texas
    The Straits TimesSingapourSingapore → United StatesEnglish
  3. DOJ arrests two, seizes 187 devices in North Korean laptop farm crackdown in Texas
    spokesman.comÉtats-UnisUnited States → ChinaEnglish