The Ethereum Foundation-funded Ketman Project has identified approximately 100 suspected North Korean IT workers operating across 53 crypto projects, according to an ETH Rangers Program recap published on April 16.

The six-month initiative, backed through stipends from the Ethereum Foundation’s ETH Rangers Program, focused specifically on detecting and expelling DPRK operatives who had infiltrated Web3 organizations under fabricated identities.

How North Koreans Use Forged Identities and Fake KYC Documents

A recent Ketman investigation detailed how DPRK-linked actors posed as Japanese developers on the Web3 freelance platform OnlyDust.

The operatives used AI-generated profile photos, fabricated names such as “Hiroto Iwaki” and “Motoki…