Manta Network Co-Founder Exposes Lazarus-Backed Zoom Phishing Scam

Manta Network co-founder Kenny Li revealed that he was targeted by a sophisticated phishing attack on Zoom, where hackers used live recordings of familiar faces to trick him into downloading a malicious script. The impersonated video call appeared realistic, complete with active camera footage but no sound, and prompted Li to update his Zoom. Sensing something was off, he challenged the impersonator over Telegram, but the attacker erased all messages and blocked him shortly thereafter. Li has pointed to the North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group as being behind the attack. In his conversation with Cointelegraph, he highlighted that the live shots used in the call were genuine recordings of actual team members, not AI-generated visuals, and warned the crypto community against downloading any unexpected files or updates. A similar incident was reported by another member of ContributionDAO, further underlining the vulnerability of crypto executives to such high-level social engineering tactics.