Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Under a fake name and a fake Zoom account, Laura Shin interviewed one of North Korea's state-sponsored crypto developers.
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Laura Shin went undercover as a recruiter named "Sophie Wang" to conduct a job interview with a state-sponsored IT worker going by the name “Justin Lim.”
Lims’s online presence showed he had technical chops, multiple crypto dev gigs under his belt, and a privileged location. He had also allegedly stolen $2.7 million from MetaPlay in 2022.
The interview shows the quirks of chitchatting with a North Korean “IT worker,” how adept they can be with blockchain technology, and what questions give them away as henchmen for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Crypto companies Consensys to Sushi have unknowingly hired North Korean state hackers for years. This is what it looks like to ask the one question that gives them away.
Host:
👉 Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin
Timestamps:
🇰🇵 00:10 Why Laura Shin went undercover to interview a North Korean crypto hacker
📁 02:44 The dossier: GitHub handles, stolen wallets, and a $2.7M MetaPlay heist
💻 06:26 The Zoom call begins: meeting 'Justin Lim,' the DPRK developer
💰 09:15 1inch Aqua: Back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at 1inch.com/aqua
🛠️ 10:12 How Lim forked Velas Network and sped up The Graph's indexing
🔐 11:38 Lim's answers on multisig wallets, reentrancy attacks, and Bybit's $1.5B hack
🎯 14:01 The holy grail question: can he say something negative about Kim Jong Un?
💔 17:01 Why the interview left Laura with sadness and gratitude
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Under a fake name and a fake Zoom account, Laura Shin interviewed one of North Korea's state-sponsored crypto developers.
🔥 EPISODE LINK 🔥
unchainedcrypto.com/i-interviewed-a-north-korean-hacker-posing-as-a-crypto-dev
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👉 Visit 1inch to swap tokenized securities, crypto and more. Simple. Secure. Self-custodial. Whatever asset you’re buying - swap it at unchainedcrypto.com/go/1inch-sn
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Laura Shin went undercover as a recruiter named "Sophie Wang" to conduct a job interview with a state-sponsored IT worker going by the name “Justin Lim.”
Lims’s online presence showed he had technical chops, multiple crypto dev gigs under his belt, and a privileged location. He had also allegedly stolen $2.7 million from MetaPlay in 2022.
The interview shows the quirks of chitchatting with a North Korean “IT worker,” how adept they can be with blockchain technology, and what questions give them away as henchmen for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Crypto companies Consensys to Sushi have unknowingly hired North Korean state hackers for years. This is what it looks like to ask the one question that gives them away.
Host:
👉 Laura Shin - Founder, CEO and Host of Unchained - https://x.com/laurashin
Timestamps:
🇰🇵 00:10 Why Laura Shin went undercover to interview a North Korean crypto hacker
📁 02:44 The dossier: GitHub handles, stolen wallets, and a $2.7M MetaPlay heist
💻 06:26 The Zoom call begins: meeting 'Justin Lim,' the DPRK developer
💰 09:15 1inch Aqua: Back multiple liquidity positions with one wallet balance at 1inch.com/aqua
🛠️ 10:12 How Lim forked Velas Network and sped up The Graph's indexing
🔐 11:38 Lim's answers on multisig wallets, reentrancy attacks, and Bybit's $1.5B hack
🎯 14:01 The holy grail question: can he say something negative about Kim Jong Un?
💔 17:01 Why the interview left Laura with sadness and gratitude
_______________________________________________________
#bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies
_______________________________________________________
Subscribe to our channel!
Website → unchainedcrypto.com
Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w
RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757
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