អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ Tornado Cash ត្រូវបានជួលដោយក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលភ្ជាប់ទៅនឹងសេវាកម្មសន្តិសុខ FSB របស់រុស្ស៊ី

On August 8th, the US Treasury Department ដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម។ on Tornado Cash, stating that several hacker groups, one of which is North Korea’s Lazarus Group, had utilized the site to launder billions of dollars. 

Two days later, the Dutch authorities placed Pertsev, who was a resident of the Netherlands, under arrest on the suspicion of “involvement in concealing criminal financial flows and facilitating money laundering.”

The developer of the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, Alexey Pertsev, reportedly formerly worked for a business that had ties to the Russian federal security service (FSB), according to a របាយ​ការណ៍ published by the intelligence firm Kharon on August 24.

ទណ្ឌកម្មសាច់ប្រាក់ Tornado

The sanctions caused outrage among those who use crypto all across the world, who were worried that the United States government was going after an open-source software program.

Meanwhile, the recent disclosures of Pertsev’s history lead to a picture that is more cloudy, and specialists in the field of national security have suggested that the general public does not have entire knowledge regarding the sanctions. 

Alex Zerden, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said that:

"នេះបើកបញ្ហាភាពជឿជាក់ជាច្រើនសម្រាប់អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ Tornado Cash ។ នេះ​ជា​ព័ត៌មាន​ដ៏​ជ្រាលជ្រៅ​ណាស់ ដែល​ប្រាប់​ពី​មូលហេតុ​ដែល​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​អាមេរិក និង​អាជ្ញាធរ​ហូឡង់​បាន​ចាត់​វិធានការ​ជាក់លាក់»។

According to the Kharon report, Pertsev is the founder and CEO of the business PepperSec, a Delaware-registered corporation, which is responsible for developing the software that powers Tornado Cash. 

As per the findings of the company, Pertsev worked for Digital Security OOO in 2017 as an information security expert and as a developer of smart contracts. Digital Security OOO is a Russian organization that the Treasury Department ចាត់ថ្នាក់ in 2018 as providing material and technical assistance to the FSB as far back as 2015.

Vice President of Research at Kharon, Nick Grothaus stated: 

"អ្នកមានបុរសម្នាក់នេះធ្វើការឱ្យ [Digital Security OOO] និងធ្វើការសាកល្បងប៊ិចដោយខ្លួនឯង ហើយបន្ទាប់មក Treasury បានកំណត់ក្រុមហ៊ុនសម្រាប់ជួយសមត្ថភាព hacking របស់ FSB" ។

Treasury Department’s actions met with criticism

The unprecedented action taken by the Treasury Department in August to sanction the open-source Tornado Cash was met with criticism from security and compliance professionals.

លោក Jesse Powell នាយកប្រតិបត្តិនៃ ការផ្លាស់ប្តូររូបិយប័ណ្ណគ្រីបតូ Kraken, criticized government sanctions against Ethereum (សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ETH) coin mixing service Tornado cash, terming it a ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to protect consumers, especially after the infamous Terra (LUNA) គាំង។ 

Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins University professor of computer science Mathew Green re-uploaded the code for the mixing service on GitHub days after the platform’s suspension over the alleged facilitation of money laundering. 

អ្នកប្រាជ្ញរូបនេះបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ការផ្លាស់ប្តូរក្នុងការបង្ហោះកូដនេះ គឺធ្វើឡើងក្នុងគោលបំណងសម្រួលដល់ការបង្រៀន និងការស្រាវជ្រាវ ដែលផ្តោតលើធាតុដូចជា cryptocurrency ភាពឯកជន។

Other individuals cited a lack of guidance regarding how the move would affect normal citizens who use the privacy-focused service, as well as implications for governmental action against open-source software, as opposed to the traditional targets of persons and entities. 

Finally, Republican Tom Emmerwrote in an open letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that the penalties “impact not only our national security but the right to privacy of every American citizen.”