MetaMask code was open to a North Korea-linked contractor for a month before Consensys halted releases

Consensys found no compromised assets or data, no malicious code deployment and no user impact, but contractor access controls face scrutiny. The post MetaMask code was open to a North Korea-linked contractor for a month before Consensys halted releases appeared first on CryptoSlate....
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