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FTX CTO Gary Wang as well has a lot of recent GitHub commit activity in last 2 days and now suddenly the site is hacked https://github.com/garywang https://gith

by flylib 4y ago

FTX CTO Gary Wang as well has a lot of recent GitHub commit activity in last 2 days and now suddenly the site is hacked https://github.com/garywang https://github.com/garywang

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zone411 4y ago
How do you know it's him and not somebody else with the same name? I don't see any crypto projects.
- bmitc 4y ago
  > I don't see any crypto projects. How do you know that? It says explicitly: "52 contributions in private repositories" between November 1 and November 11.
  - zone411 4y ago
    Obviously nobody knows what the private repos are. I was talking about public projects. "Gary Wang" is not an uncommon name. For example, here is another one with a Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wang
    - bmitc 4y ago
      That's a good point. For whatever reason, I missed the first part of your comment. I did indeed operate under the assumption, incorrectly, that it was his profile. What's interesting is that a lot of the FTX people on the about page (https://about.ftx.com/ https://about.ftx.com/), including Gary Wang and Dan Friedberg have deleted their LinkedIn accounts, whereas they were available earlier. If they're deleting something so harmless, then who knows what else they are deleting and covering up.
      - Emma_Goldman 4y ago
        I don't think this means anything. They might just not want any publicity, or to be harassed by malcontented FTX depositors. In the context of the FTX implosion, their LinkedIn profiles are far from harmless.
bluelightning2k 4y ago
I'm as sceptical as the next person but I don't think "coder writes code" is anything.
- ryanSrich 4y ago
  The CTO writing and committing code for a (formerly) $16 billion dollar company does seem slightly off imo.
  - dan-robertson 4y ago
    I think it’s quite normal (at least at some companies) for a CTO to spend some time writing code as part of setting technical direction. In that case there might be other executives who do the other parts of the CTO role you imagine (eg having lots of reports).

by flylib 4y ago

FTX CTO Gary Wang as well has a lot of recent GitHub commit activity in last 2 days and now suddenly the site is hacked https://github.com/garywang https://github.com/garywang

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zone411 4y ago

How do you know it's him and not somebody else with the same name? I don't see any crypto projects.

bmitc 4y ago
> I don't see any crypto projects. How do you know that? It says explicitly: "52 contributions in private repositories" between November 1 and November 11.
- zone411 4y ago
  Obviously nobody knows what the private repos are. I was talking about public projects. "Gary Wang" is not an uncommon name. For example, here is another one with a Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Wang
  - bmitc 4y ago
    That's a good point. For whatever reason, I missed the first part of your comment. I did indeed operate under the assumption, incorrectly, that it was his profile. What's interesting is that a lot of the FTX people on the about page (https://about.ftx.com/ https://about.ftx.com/), including Gary Wang and Dan Friedberg have deleted their LinkedIn accounts, whereas they were available earlier. If they're deleting something so harmless, then who knows what else they are deleting and covering up.
    - Emma_Goldman 4y ago
      I don't think this means anything. They might just not want any publicity, or to be harassed by malcontented FTX depositors. In the context of the FTX implosion, their LinkedIn profiles are far from harmless.

bluelightning2k 4y ago

I'm as sceptical as the next person but I don't think "coder writes code" is anything.

ryanSrich 4y ago
The CTO writing and committing code for a (formerly) $16 billion dollar company does seem slightly off imo.
- dan-robertson 4y ago
  I think it’s quite normal (at least at some companies) for a CTO to spend some time writing code as part of setting technical direction. In that case there might be other executives who do the other parts of the CTO role you imagine (eg having lots of reports).