Zerion

An employee device at Zerion was compromised through an AI-driven social engineering attack, allegedly linked to a DPRK-associated advanced persistent threat (APT) group. The attacker successfully obtained the employee’s logged-in sessions, account credentials, and private keys to company hot wallets used for internal testing and operations, and subsequently transferred approximately $100,000 from multiple internal hot wallets. No user funds were affected in this incident, and Zerion’s products, mobile applications, and backend infrastructure were not compromised. The attack was limited to an employee device and internal company hot wallet systems. Following the incident, the team proactively took down the web application and carried out full credential rotation, device security reviews, and infrastructure hardening measures to prevent further risk exposure. Attack method (per SlowMist): AI-enabled Social Engineering Attack. Reported loss: $ 100,000.