隱士帝國：北韓的 IT 工人在加密領域無所不在

CoinDesk 的 Sam Kessler 週三發布的一項調查顯示，北韓求職者針對加密貨幣公司的攻擊性和頻繁程度

North Korean IT workers have targeted crypto companies in particular, successfully navigating interviews, passing reference checks, even presenting impressive histories of code contributions on the open-source software repository GitHub. CoinDesk's Sam Kessler spoke to more than a dozen crypto companies that said they inadvertently hired IT workers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as the nation is officially called. These interviews with founders, blockchain researchers and industry experts reveal that North Korean IT workers are far more prevalent in the crypto industry than previously thought. Virtually every hiring manager approached by CoinDesk for this story acknowledged that they had interviewed suspected North Korean developers, hired them unwittingly, or knew someone who had. "The percentage of your incoming resumes, or people asking for jobs, or wanting to contribute – any of that stuff – that are probably from North Korea is greater than 50% across the entire crypto industry," said Zaki Manian, a prominent blockchain developer who says he inadvertently hired two DPRK IT workers to help develop the Cosmos Hub blockchain in 2021. "Everyone is struggling to filter out these people." Among the unwitting DPRK employers identified by CoinDesk were several well-established blockchain projects, such as Cosmos Hub, Injective, ZeroLend, Fantom, Sushi and Yearn Finance. “This has all been happening behind the scenes,” said Manian. This investigation marks the first time any of these companies have publicly acknowledged that they inadvertently hired DPRK IT workers.

北韓 IT 員工特別針對加密貨幣公司，成功通過面試、通過背景調查，甚至在開源軟體儲存庫 GitHub 上展示令人印象深刻的程式碼貢獻歷史。 CoinDesk 的 Sam Kessler 與十幾家加密貨幣公司進行了交談，這些公司表示，他們無意中僱用了來自朝鮮民主主義人民共和國（朝鮮的正式名稱）的 IT 員工。這些對創始人、區塊鏈研究人員和行業專家的採訪表明，北韓 IT 工人在加密貨幣行業中的普遍程度比之前想像的要高得多。事實上，CoinDesk 為這篇報導接觸的每一位招募經理都承認，他們採訪過可疑的北韓開發商，在不知情的情況下僱用了他們，或者認識的人有過這樣的經歷。著名區塊鏈開發者扎基·馬尼安(Zaki Manian) 表示：「在整個加密行業，你收到的簡歷、求職或想要做出貢獻的人（任何此類東西）可能來自朝鮮的比例超過50%」他說，他無意中僱用了兩名朝鮮 IT 員工來幫助開發 2021 年的 Cosmos Hub 區塊鏈。“每個人都在努力過濾掉這些人。 CoinDesk 發現的不知情的北韓雇主中有幾個成熟的區塊鏈項目，例如 Cosmos Hub、Injective、ZeroLend、Fantom、Sushi 和 Yearn Finance。 「這一切都是在幕後發生的，」馬尼安說。此次調查標誌著這些公司首次公開承認他們無意中僱用了北韓 IT 工人。