Crypto venture capital Hypersphere investment partner loses 'multi-year savings' in fake Zoom meeting

Comparing news, Mehdi Farooq, an investment partner at the crypto venture capital Hypersphere, revealed on the X platform that six crypto wallets were emptied and lost years of savings due to a phishing attack that impersonated Zoom meetings. The attack began when his friend “Alex Lin” was interviewed via Telegram. The other party requested a switch to the Zoom Business version on compliance grounds and lured him into downloading malicious updates. Farooq said that during the attack, the hackers still disguised normal chats via Telegram, and even joked “see you in Singapore.” It was later confirmed that the real account had been stolen, and the attack may be related to the North Korean hacker group “DangrousPassword.”