SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer: In the past two months, North Korean hacker groups have continued to impersonate Hack VC and others to conduct conference fraud

23pds, the chief information security officer of SlowMist, tweeted that North Korean hacker groups have been continuously impersonating organizations or individuals such as Hack VC and SevenX Ventures for conference fraud in the past two months. Please be aware of the risks.

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