Crypto auditing agency CertiK has delisted startup g8keep from its website after the corporate’s co-founder Harrison Leggio accused CertiK of a “malicious and targeted attack” and threatened authorized motion.
Leggio — often called Pop Punk on X (previously Twitter) — complained in regards to the itemizing on Wednesday, asking CertiK to take away the challenge from its “garbage platform.”
He claims that CertiK gave g8keep a low safety rating as a result of “we didn’t work with your fraudulent and malicious company.” He added, “I’ll hand my money directly to Kim Jong Un before I work with you.”
CertiK listed g8keep on August 28, 2024, giving it a safety rating of 47.92 out of 100. The itemizing notes that CertiK hasn’t audited the agency, that no third get together has audited its code, and that there are not any audits out there.
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Regardless of this, Leggio claims, “We received audits with three industry-leading firms.”
Two hours later, he famous that CertiK had eliminated the itemizing from its website.
“[CertiK] claimed data is sourced directly from CoinMarketCap. This is a lie. We are not listed there nor do we have a token,” he added.
”We needed to threaten authorized motion. Fuck you CertiK.”
Protos has reached out to Leggio and CertiK for remark.
Leggio can be a North Korean spy hunter
G8keep made the information in late August after it was revealed that it was making an attempt to weed out potential North Korean spies throughout its interview course of with an ingenious check that requested candidates to say “Fuck North Korea.”
In accordance with Leggio, North Korean engineers may be outed by asking them to say one thing unfavorable about North Korea and Kim Jong Un.
To show this, he shared an interplay with a possible recruit making use of for a developer function. When requested to say the phrases “I hate Kim Jong Un, Fuck North Korea,” the potential recruit “immediately” deleted the chat.
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