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closedclosed 6 Jul 2025Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

North Korea-Linked Actors Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing

Zoom

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

  1. 22 Jun 2025North Korea-Linked Actors Allegedly Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing Targeting Web3 Employee

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-06-22

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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 Database
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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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