Encryption venture partner falls victim to Zoom phishing attack, six wallets emptied, savings lost.

Mehdi Farooq, an investment partner of crypto venture capital Hypersphere, disclosed on social platforms that he suffered a phishing attack on a fake Zoom meeting, which led to the emptying of six crypto wallets and the loss of years of savings. The attack began with an acquaintance “Alex Lin” interviewing him via Telegram, who asked him to switch to Zoom Business on compliance grounds and tricked him into downloading a malicious updater. Farooq said that during the attack, the hackers still used Telegram to disguise normal chats, and even joked “see you in Singapore”. It was later confirmed that the real account had been compromised, and the attack may be related to the North Korean hacking group “dangrouspassword”.