So if I'm understanding this correctly, it is normal and common for development teams in the crypto tech space to be completely anonymous to one another? Like you don't know each other's names or anything? Really?

It's a problem when you inadvertently hire North Koreans who engineer their way into your systems to steal funds.

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

This is a very common occurrence unfortunately:

This is a very common occurrence unfortunately: https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-north-koreans-infiltrated-the-crypto-industry-to-fund-the-regime/

Oh right I remember seeing those headlines. Is it confirmed that this guy is North Korean?

Usually it's confirmed to be Lazarus group, by @securityalliance / SEAL911, they have a couple Hallmark signs that gives it away and they are sloppy b/c them being caught is of no significance given how easy it is for them to launder funds through Chinese & some Russian exchanges.