North Korea-Linked Actors Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing
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Threat actors utilized AI-generated deepfakes of company executives during a fake Zoom call to deceive a Web3 employee. The victim was tricked into installing malware that deployed spyware, a keylogger, and a crypto wallet stealer.
- first report
- 22 Jun 2025
- last update
- 22 Jun 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-06-22North Korea-Linked Actors Allegedly Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing Targeting Web3 EmployeeAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1117
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraudAI-assisted intrusion
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals, Enterprise deployment
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 22 Jun 2025 · first reported 22 Jun 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- record
- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z
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# North Korea-Linked Actors Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/north-korea-linked-actors-use-ai-executive-deepfakes-in-zoom · AIR-2025-0114 · closed 2025-07-06 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-06-22 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Zoom ## Summary Threat actors utilized AI-generated deepfakes of company executives during a fake Zoom call to deceive a Web3 employee. The victim was tricked into installing malware that deployed spyware, a keylogger, and a crypto wallet stealer. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-06-22: North Korea-Linked Actors Allegedly Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing Targeting Web3 Employee (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1117) ## Sources - 2025-06-22 AI Incident Database: North Korea-Linked Actors Allegedly Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing Targeting Web3 Employee https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1117 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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