Contributor paid to DPRK-cluster wallet

Chainlink CCIP's assessment for RD-F-122 — scored not_assessed on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Chainlink Labs has off-chain payroll (~600 employees, corporate entity). No on-chain payment streams to individual contributors identified. Per process-learnings guidance: F122 cannot be meaningfully assessed at OSINT tier for companies with off-chain payroll. LINK node-operator rewards are on-chain but node operators are independent third-party entities, not Chainlink Labs employees. Structural data gap — not a fabricated result.

Sources #

Curator note
Process-learnings F122 guidance + Chainlink Labs employment modelProcess-learnings.md F122 guidance: off-chain payroll corporations cannot be assessed at OSINT tier; mark not_assessed. Chainlink Labs careers page (chainlinklabs.com/careers) confirms standard employment model.retrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Determine whether protocol payments to any contributor wallet have an on-chain path ≤3 hops to a known DPRK-labeled cluster.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol chainlink-ccip factor RD-F-122 score not_assessed collected_at 2026-05-16 01:55:09