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Real-capital social-engineering persona

stHYPE (Valantis Labs)'s assessment for RD-F-184 — scored gray on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Curator-level OSINT factor (M-only, P1). No on-chain evidence of a 'team contributor' or 'external integrator' persona accumulating ≥$1M real capital in stHYPE/wstHYPE or peer protocols as a credibility-building social-engineering exercise. The Drift Apr 2026 reference pattern (UNC4736, 6-month conference/in-person build-up + real capital deployment before durable-nonce pre-signing exploit) was not found in stHYPE-adjacent threat intel. By definition this attack pattern leaves limited public trace. Cannot confirm or rule out at OSINT tier. Scored GRAY per process-learnings.md F184 guidance: mark gray + note Drift comparator.

Sources #

  • Internal
    process-learnings.md — per-specialist dev-identity-analyst F184 noteprocess-learnings.md — F184 guidance: mark GRAY + Drift comparator note; cannot confirm absence at OSINT tierretrieved 2026-05-17
  • Internal
    00-profile.md — §10 Known incidents00-profile.md §10 — no stHYPE-specific incidents found; no Drift-class social engineering pattern in incident recordretrieved 2026-05-17

Methodology #

Determine whether a curator-flagged "team contributor" or "external integrator" persona has ≥$1M of attributed real-capital deposits to the target protocol or peer protocols, potentially used to build credibility ahead of a social-engineering attack.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol staked-hype factor RD-F-184 score gray collected_at 2026-05-17 13:02:38