Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus

I post about OSINT, web3 security, and hacking in general. Building an investigation service company Hyperfocus. Ex @immunefi

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

Yo. My name’s Artem and this is a whoami post.

I am an OSINT analyst with 7 years of experience. I started my career in corporate security, and then moved to @immunefi, leading web3 bug bounty platform. Stayed there for almost 4 years, but at the end of 2025 I decided to go independent.

I have been an OSINT practitioner all my career, focusing on analysis and reporting. Checked every wild country or social media that you can imagine, in both offensive and defensive roles. Ships, license plates, TamTam messenger or Turkmenistan’s segment of Instagram – you name it, I did it.

Right now I am working on my analytical and investigative agency https://t.co/Uny6vyDl3a. We are focused on background checks and due diligence in the MENA region.

I will be sharing the results of my practice and research with people who care about security. So if you are interested in getting tested and proven information, not just posts about random tools, stay. You’ll like my stuff.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@DominiqueCAPaul It costs 200 EUR just to OPEN an LLC in Germany? Insane
Good catch with IBAN though! I check credit card numbers too when transferring funds. First 6 digits are Bank Identification Number (BIN) and you google them to find out about the issuer bank.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@0xNairolf Conduct self-audit on OPSEC and privacy. Install physical security systems. In every country there is at least one prominent security company offering physical security services -- I would suggest working with such.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@cypherpunkX Why is a decision taken by 9/12 signers is not decentralized, but state actor hacking 1/1 DVN is decentralized?

[Martin Marchev @MartinMarchev]

Decentralization is a spectrum, not a binary.

A 1-of-1 DVN config is what made the $292M loss possible.

A 9-of-12 security council of independent (and publicly known) signers is what contained it.

I find it interesting that most of the decentralization discourse around this incident is about the rescue and not the trust assumption that caused it.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@BPIV400 @p6rkdoye0n It is not a tweet by @BPIV400, however, I intend to reply to it here.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@zachxbt @circle @FastCompany OH GOD. Their chairman FAKED his daughter's disability so she could steal somebody's funding at an elite university. And got caught in a famous "Varsity Blues" operations. BTW, he is now able to practice law again.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@zachxbt @circle @FastCompany Willkie Farr has faced several controversies in the recent months. BRC Group Holdings is suing them for $735 mil for helping in a scam ran by Brian Kahn.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@zachxbt @circle @FastCompany Before that these people gave away about $100 mil to Trump's administration in pro bono services so they would not be targeted by his Executive Orders against Big Law firms. Awesome company.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@suraj_sharma14 You are not mentioning shit shows that arise in our industry tbh. Long time mediations, unfair desicions from projects, same problems with spam and behaviour from WHs...

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@_winter_wonders Oh yeah I had the same situation when I was buying clothes from their UwU collection. My local bank was very sus about that 😅

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

There are 140 million people living in Russia. There is a 3 to 5 thousand increase in searches. What are you talking about? Since when it is "massively"? This amount of people is what a single subway station can transfer in 15 minutes in Moscow.

Please get involved in the region before blindly translating RU-speaking Telegram channels

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@CryptoRugMunch Do you remember his "enjoy a couple pints with the boys" fuck up? 😆

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@zachxbt You can also use LoL Archiver for checking changes in X profiles before subscribing/reading their posts. https://t.co/QnkDUELy79

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

Risk assessment of X accounts via @lol_archiver

KOLs and CT influencers can be bad actors. Promote pump and dump schemes, rugs or just straight up scams.

You can check them before blindly trusting them via LoL Archiver. This tool allows you to check the display name changes, bio changes, location and website changes.

The more changes you see, the less trust the target account has.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

Risk assessment of X accounts via @lol_archiver

KOLs and CT influencers can be bad actors. Promote pump and dump schemes, rugs or just straight up scams.

You can check them before blindly trusting them via LoL Archiver. This tool allows you to check the display name changes, bio changes, location and website changes.

The more changes you see, the less trust the target account has.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@SpecterAnalyst You can use LoL Archiver for the username history changes, bio changes, nickname changes etc. And also old Tweets were archived by Wayback Machine, so go check there also.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@0xCharlesWang I need to explain what it means for the industry. It means elite WHs cannot open links.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@0xCharlesWang Heeeeyyy, have you tried to read the fucking GitHub? Since when are you analyzing 8k of /test files? I am not hiring you as an auditor. You will just flex around .yaml files.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@freedomhack101 They have been found to do so like 10 years ago. Wake up please!

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@BlackOracleRoot @0xnirlin Classic shit. Saw "Absolutely! ..." like million times. After 53rd time it starts being hilarious.

[Artem Irgebaev | Founder @ Hyperfocus @ceo_hyperfocus]

@TheTradMod Congratulations from Kyrgyzstan! Everybody was celebrating yesterday 💐