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Published on April 29, 2024 08:18 GMT+00:00edited on April 29, 2024 08:19 GMT+00:00

The North Korea-backed cyber-hacker entity Lazarus Group is targeting LinkedIn users by impersonating an executive member of Chinese blockchain asset management firm Fenbushi Capital, security firm SlowMist said Monday.

SlowMist’s chief information security officer posted a screenshot on X that shows the scam LinkedIn user under the name “Nevil Bolson” who claimed to be the founding partner at Fenbushi. The impostor’s profile picture was taken from real Fenbushi Capital partner Remington Ong, according to 23pds.

The Block confirmed that Lazarus Group’s fake LinkedIn user page remains live at publication time. “Looking for Software developers. Please reach out to me for more discussion,” the impostor posted on LinkedIn three weeks ago.

“Lazarus would use this impostor to chat privately …