Ethereum Foundation Investigators Expose 100 Secret DPRK IT Workers

• Results come from a six-month ETH Rangers probe by independent security researchers.
• Many of the North Korean workers landed remote developer jobs using fake identities.
• The investigation also recovered or froze over $5.8 million and found 785+ vulnerabilities.

A security probe backed by the Ethereum Foundation has found that about 100 North Korean IT workers infiltrated Web3 firms using fake identities, raising new concerns about vulnerabilities in the crypto industry.

The findings come from a six‑month investigation under ETH Rangers, a grant program that backs independent security researchers.

According to the available information, around 100 North Korea-linked individuals were found working across roughly 53 Web3 and crypto projects, many of whom landed remote developer jobs using fake identities.

The investigation was run by an independent group calle…

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