The co -founder of Manta Network, a second -level blockchain with zero disclosure, almost suffered from a phishing attack, which could be organized by the North Korean group of hackers Lazarus.

Kenny Li (Kenny Li) said that a friend contacted him and asked to contact him through the Zoom online conferences platform. When Lee went to Zoom, everything looked quite normal: the interlocutor turned on the camera and the face was visible. However, the sound was absent during the call, and Lee saw a proposal to download the script file under the guise of Zoom update.

Having suspected the deception, Lee tried to check the identity of the interlocutor by offering to go to Google Meet or chat in Telegram. The impostor refused, then quickly deleted all the messages and blocked whether he blocked. Later, the head of Manta Network said that the account of this user, whose personality was used during the video call, was compromised by Lazarus hackers.

This is not the first time that Lazarus uses Zoom for Fishing. Discussing the incident, Giulio Xiloyannis, co -founder of Mon Protocol, developing a blockchain -based game, told how he managed not to become a sacrificer victim. In his case, the hacker imposed on the manager of the Story Protocol project, trying to lure Xyliannis and its marketing director for a meeting. The deception was revealed when, due to problems with the sound, they were asked to connect to Zoom by a new link. If they did it, they would load malicious software for theft of personal data.

The co -founder of the Stably platform, David Zhang), collided with a similar attack. First, scammers phoned him in Google Meet, and then found the reason to switch to a meeting on another link. Zhang accepted the call on his tablet, and not on the computer, which could prevent the installation of a malicious program. Zhang suspects that the Fishers tried to determine the user’s operating system, but the virus settings were not optimized for mobile devices.

In December, Slowmist security experts warned about phishing attacks through Zoom. Often scammers send out electronic letters about bankruptcy of famous companies, convincing users to transfer funds to a “safe wallet”. Such tactics were applied by attackers who tried to impersonate the Gemini crypto -story.