Consensys hat mutmaßlichen nordkoreanischen Hacker für MetaMask Wallet angeheuert: Fall Tyler Knapp aufgedeckt

# What happened

* Consensys discovered it had hired a developer, later suspected of having North Korean ties, through a third-party contractor.
* The developer worked on MetaMask code for about one month before being identified and removed.
* Consensys says its investigation found **no malicious code, no stolen assets, and no impact on users**, and law enforcement was notified.

# Why it matters

* North Korea has increasingly targeted crypto companies by placing operatives inside organizations, not just attacking them externally.
* Even though this incident appears to have been contained, it exposes how vulnerable software supply chains and remote hiring processes can be.

# Bottom line

The biggest takeaway isn’t that MetaMask was compromised—it wasn’t, based on current evidence. The real story is that **nation-state actors are successfully getting hired into major crypto companies**, meaning hiring and supply-chain security are becoming just as important as cybersecurity itself.