隐士帝国：朝鲜的 IT 工人在加密领域无处不在

CoinDesk 的 Sam Kessler 周三发布的一项调查显示，朝鲜求职者针对加密货币公司的攻击性和频繁程度

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.

朝鲜 IT 员工特别针对加密货币公司，成功通过面试、通过背景调查，甚至在开源软件存储库 GitHub 上展示令人印象深刻的代码贡献历史。 CoinDesk 的 Sam Kessler 与十几家加密货币公司进行了交谈，这些公司表示，他们无意中雇佣了来自朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（朝鲜的正式名称）的 IT 员工。这些对创始人、区块链研究人员和行业专家的采访表明，朝鲜 IT 工人在加密货币行业中的普遍程度比之前想象的要高得多。事实上，CoinDesk 为这篇报道接触的每一位招聘经理都承认，他们采访过可疑的朝鲜开发商，在不知情的情况下雇用了他们，或者认识的人有过这样的经历。著名区块链开发者扎基·马尼安 (Zaki Manian) 表示：“在整个加密行业，你收到的简历、求职或想要做出贡献的人（任何此类东西）可能来自朝鲜的比例超过 50%”他说，他无意中雇佣了两名朝鲜 IT 员工来帮助开发 2021 年的 Cosmos Hub 区块链。“每个人都在努力过滤掉这些人。” CoinDesk 发现的不知情的朝鲜雇主中有几个成熟的区块链项目，例如 Cosmos Hub、Injective、ZeroLend、Fantom、Sushi 和 Yearn Finance。 “这一切都是在幕后发生的，”马尼安说。此次调查标志着这些公司首次公开承认他们无意中雇佣了朝鲜 IT 工人。