Blockchain dev's wallet emptied in "job interview" using npm package
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A blockchain developer shares his ordeal over the holidays when he was approached on LinkedIn by a "recruiter" for a web development job. The recruiter in question asked the developer to download npm packages from a GitHub repository, and hours later the developer discovered his MetaMask wallet had been emptied.
  • AcausalRobotGodEnglish
    11•9 months ago

    Reminds me of that ad for a blockchain dev gig in Toronto at like twice the usual rates.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•9 months ago

    As someone currently seeking work and discovered I sent a resume with “lorem ipsum” in it, I can relate.

  • @properEnglish
    6•9 months ago

    $500 dummy tax

    • David GerardOPMEnglish
      8•9 months ago

      personally i’m shocked that a blockchain developer might not be of the absolute first rate

      • @[email protected]
        English
        7•9 months ago

        Thing is… I’m more angry at blockchain companies than the developers, even the subrate ones who make mistakes like this. Not every blockchain developer is a true believer; mostly, they’re just people trying to get by, and assuming the best of other people and job opportunities. It’s the way blockchain ecosystem encourages the consumption of the latter that really ticks me off.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•9 months ago

      Given the inflation situation in Turkiye, this probably hurt more than the amount would suggest at first glance.

  • @CustosliberaEnglish
    5•9 months ago

    Crypto is advancing, now even sophisticated users get scammed.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•9 months ago

    I think I have also gotten job offers like this in the past, some cryptocurrency person was messaging me with a job offer on reddit because of my insightful posts about cryptocurrencies in r/buttcoin. (lol)