North Korea-Linked Actors Allegedly Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing Targeting Web3 Employee
Date: 2025-06-22
Affected: Bluenoroff, Deepfake Technology Developers, Government Of North Korea, Lazarus Group, North Korea, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1117: North Korea-Linked Actors Allegedly Use AI Executive Deepfakes in Zoom Phishing Targeting Web3 Employee. Alleged deployer/developer: Bluenoroff, Deepfake Technology Developers, Government Of North Korea, Lazarus Group, North Korea, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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