A Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange has urged its users to temporarily withdraw their funds from the platform after discovering a North Korean IT worker previously infiltrated the company’s top leadership.

In a social media post on Wednesday, the decentralized exchange Stabble disclosed that an audit revealed a North Korean developer was part of its team until a year ago, and was supported by other DPRK operatives.

Stabble, which bills itself as a “frictionless” decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol enabling trading of the Solana currency without marginal losses, confirmed the involvement of the North Korean worker a