CertiK, now known as Shentu, is facing serious allegations of misconduct. Reports indicate that CertiK's bug bounty platform, OpenBounty, has been attempting to front run bug bounty reports, a violation of many large protocols' terms. Additionally, CertiK is accused of phishing for critical bug reports and abusing the brands of Uniswap and ImmuneFi. In response to these allegations, CertiK has been accused of scrubbing blog posts and changing their API domain to a non-Certik domain. These actions have led to suspicions that CertiK may be a front for a North Korean black hat organization. CertiK is also seen as a leading contender for a fraud indictment, and their efforts to scrub the internet only make them look more guilty.
“IT ONLY MAKES YOU LOOK MORE GUILTY” - POPPUNKONCHAIN POINTS TO EVEN MORE SHADY DEALINGS FROM CERTIK… “Every day that passes I truly believe more and more that CertiK is a front for a North Korean black hat organization” - Last week, crypto headlines erupted with reports that… https://t.co/NaHBeEQfXI https://t.co/dlLaWD2DsK
Certik seems to be a leading contender for a fraud indictment for front running exploits https://t.co/IffWqFWxYF
Hey CertiK... When you scramble to scrub the internet after you get caught, it only makes you look more guilty. Certik is now scrubbing blog posts about OpenBounty AND changed their API to a non Certik domain. The K in Certik stands for (North) Korea. https://t.co/vxuWf8qYnS
CertiK is now phishing for critical bug reports and abusing Uniswap and ImmuneFi brands. Total black hats. https://t.co/pQ3dpFjzsr
The CertiK rabbithole seems to go deeper and deeper. OpenBounty, a bug bounty platform "incubated" by Shentu (the new name of Certik Chain), appears to be attempting to front run bug bounty reports. This is a direct violation of many large protocol's bug bounty terms (including… https://t.co/3tDReHqumP
🤔 WTF is happening at Certik? We spoke to @lopp @talbeerysec @0xmatiasbn to find out. Read more and be careful out there! https://t.co/JexieaIHb6 https://t.co/Nqq21KcXuW