★ Deployer linked within 3 hops to DPRK/Lazarus
Jito's assessment for RD-F-125 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No DPRK or Lazarus cluster proximity identified for any Jito privileged wallet or contributor. Web search for 'Jito Labs OR jito-foundation DPRK OR Lazarus OR North Korea' returned no relevant results. Founders (Lucas Bruder, Zano Sherwani) have verifiable US-based professional histories inconsistent with DPRK implant patterns. No OFAC SDN hits for any Jito-associated address. Drift Protocol April 2026 DPRK exploit is a separate protocol with no Jito connection. CTI feed not available at this assessment level; confidence medium. Absence of any affirmative evidence of DPRK proximity across all assessed vectors.
Sources #
- URLWeb search: Jito Labs DPRK OR Lazarus (no relevant hits connecting Jito to DPRK actors)Web search — no DPRK/Jito connection foundretrieved 2026-04-29
- OFAC SDN List — no Jito program addresses or founders listedOFAC SDN — no Jito-associated addresses listedretrieved 2026-04-29
- Jito profile §11 — dev-identity-analyst flags (no DPRK noted)Jito profile §11 — no DPRK flag raisedretrieved 2026-04-29
Methodology #
Determine whether the deployer address has an on-chain path of ≤3 hops to a Chainalysis/OFAC DPRK-labeled cluster address.
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