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North Korean IT workers duped by fake crypto startup sting

32d ago

North Korean IT workers duped by fake crypto startup sting

The DPRK has spent years turning remote crypto hiring into a sanctions-evasion pipeline, and documenting how the bait works is one of the only public defences the rest of the industry has.

CoinTelegraph

Crypto hacks hit record high in H1 2026, losses top $1B

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47d ago

Crypto hacks hit record high in H1 2026, losses top $1B

DPRK alone siphoned nearly $600M. The headline number is bad, but the forward-looking warning on AI-driven exploits is the piece security teams and on-chain risk teams should be reading.

TheBlock

MetaMask Developer With North Korea Links Removed by Consensys

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58d ago

MetaMask Developer With North Korea Links Removed by Consensys

No assets or data were compromised and no malicious code shipped, but the incident lands as a fresh reminder that DPRK IT-worker infiltration of Western crypto firms is structural, not anecdotal.