Pepe Creator’s NFT Project Accidentally Hired a North Korean Hacker

Several NFT collections supported by Pepe creator Matt Furie suffered a massive hack after accidentally hiring a North Korean for an IT role. The same group attacked another firm, Favrr, amounting to $1 million in total losses. Furie partnered with Chainsaw, an NFT firm that apparently hired its hacker for an IT role. Favrr employed one for its CTO, showing a concerning disregard for project security source: https://beincrypto.com/pepe-nft-project-accidentally-hired-north-korean-hacker/