Kim Pyong Hyok
Also reported as: Hermes000000Tanaka BrandonMaxim Isayev
A fabricated professional identity used in the DPRK remote IT-worker scheme. Most of what follows is transcribed from the cited post, in which a named researcher attributes these accounts to a single operator, Kim Pyong Hyok. The attribution is theirs, not this site's.
The remainder was read by this site from the account itself and is cited to the page and date it was read.
Portrait used by the persona.
Profiles and evidence
GitHub profile Hermes000000 the persona presented.
A gold numeral avatar associated with the persona's accounts.
Identifiers attributed to this persona
5 indicators the sources below record for this operator, each with its sources.
| Indicator | Type | Account status |
|---|---|---|
Kim Pyong Hyok |
alias | |
Maxim Isayev |
alias | |
Tanaka Brandon |
alias | |
seatiger9847@gmail.com |
email address | |
https://github.com/hermes000000 |
github profile | removed |
Kim Pyong Hyok
alias IT Worker Fraud CURATED
Sources
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The post states the persona works in blockchain, has Japanese clients and uses Freelancer.com.
x.com/browsercookies/status/1947848701327905159 — Cookie Connoisseur (@browsercookies) -
Found on 24 September 2026 by searching GitHub's commit index for published persona addresses and reading which account GitHub attributes the commits to. GitHub credits a commit to the account that has the signing address registered and verified, which only the holder of the mailbox can do, so an attributed account is one the address's holder controls, whichever repository the commits sit in and whenever the address was added. Counts are of the commits GitHub's search returns, up to 100. GitHub attributes 3 commits signed seatiger9847@gmail.com, an address browsercookies publishes for this persona, to the login Hermes000000, which no longer resolves.
github.com/Hermes000000 — Chollima Hunter
Maxim Isayev
alias IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST
Source
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The post states the persona works in blockchain, has Japanese clients and uses Freelancer.com.
x.com/browsercookies/status/1947848701327905159 — Cookie Connoisseur (@browsercookies)
Tanaka Brandon
alias IT Worker Fraud RESEARCHER POST
Source
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The post states the persona works in blockchain, has Japanese clients and uses Freelancer.com.
x.com/browsercookies/status/1947848701327905159 — Cookie Connoisseur (@browsercookies)
seatiger9847@gmail.com
email address IT Worker Fraud CURATED
Sources
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The post states the persona works in blockchain, has Japanese clients and uses Freelancer.com.
x.com/browsercookies/status/1947848701327905159 — Cookie Connoisseur (@browsercookies) -
Found on 24 September 2026 by searching GitHub's commit index for published persona addresses and reading which account GitHub attributes the commits to. GitHub credits a commit to the account that has the signing address registered and verified, which only the holder of the mailbox can do, so an attributed account is one the address's holder controls, whichever repository the commits sit in and whenever the address was added. Counts are of the commits GitHub's search returns, up to 100. GitHub attributes 3 commits signed seatiger9847@gmail.com, an address browsercookies publishes for this persona, to the login Hermes000000, which no longer resolves.
github.com/Hermes000000 — Chollima Hunter
https://github.com/hermes000000
github profile IT Worker Fraud CURATED removed
removed
Source
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Found on 24 September 2026 by searching GitHub's commit index for published persona addresses and reading which account GitHub attributes the commits to. GitHub credits a commit to the account that has the signing address registered and verified, which only the holder of the mailbox can do, so an attributed account is one the address's holder controls, whichever repository the commits sit in and whenever the address was added. Counts are of the commits GitHub's search returns, up to 100. GitHub attributes 3 commits signed seatiger9847@gmail.com, an address browsercookies publishes for this persona, to the login Hermes000000, which no longer resolves.
github.com/Hermes000000 — Chollima Hunter
Sources
- x.com/browsercookies/status/1947848701327905159 — Cookie Connoisseur (@browsercookies)
- github.com/Hermes000000 — Chollima Hunter