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 — generally known as Pop Punk on X (previously Twitter) — complained concerning the itemizing on Wednesday, asking CertiK to take away the mission 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 occasion has audited its code, and that there are not any audits obtainable.

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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 also be a North Korean spy hunter

G8keep made the information in late August after it was revealed that it was trying to weed out attainable North Korean spies throughout its interview course of with an ingenious take a look at that requested candidates to say “Fuck North Korea.”

Based on Leggio, North Korean engineers could be outed by asking them to say one thing unfavorable about North Korea and Kim Jong Un. 

To exhibit this, he shared an interplay with a possible recruit making use of for a developer position. 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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