Ethereum-Funded Project Exposes 100 North Korean IT Workers in Crypto
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An Ethereum Foundation-backed initiative identified roughly 100 North Korean operatives infiltrating various Web3 projects using fabricated identities and forged documentation.Summary
The Ketman Project, funded by the Ethereum Foundation's ETH Rangers Program, has successfully identified approximately 100 suspected North Korean IT workers operating within 53 different crypto projects. These operatives utilized AI-generated imagery and forged documents to infiltrate Web3 organizations, often posing as developers from other nations. The investigation uncovered sophisticated deception techniques and led to the creation of new open-source security tools and industry frameworks designed to combat future supply chain attacks.
(Source：BeInCrypto)