🚨 CEO Warns: Zoom Calls Steal Crypto! 😱

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In these modern times, when the air hums with the buzz of progress and the clatter of keyboards, even the most refined minds must contend with the vulgarities of digital trickery. Gracy Chen, the indomitable CEO of Bitget, has sounded the alarm-though not with a trumpet, but with a sigh-as she recounts the nefarious art of phishing via Zoom and Teams. One might think a “network update” would be the least suspicious of requests, but no! It is, in truth, a velvet-gloved thief, stealing crypto like a dandy in a top hat.

Telegram and Calendly, those paragons of convenience, now serve as the stage for this farce. A link arrives, glistening with false promises, and the unwary user, perhaps mid-coffee, clicks with the innocence of a child. The result? A malware masquerading as an SDK-a digital confection that devours passwords and private keys with the enthusiasm of a glutton at a feast.

Chen’s lamentations, penned on the 9th of December, paint a picture of hackers as methodical as a Russian nobleman’s tea ritual. They begin with a meeting, a pretext of audio woes, and a request to “update your software.” All the while, Lazarus Group-those shadowy North Korean virtuosos of chaos-watch from the wings, their hands stained with the ink of stolen fortunes.

Meanwhile, in a tale of biological samples and existential dread, Chinese travel blogger Lan Zhanfei found himself kidnapped in South Africa. Six months of preparation, bribes, and a room invasion-what a charming holiday! The kidnappers, it seems, demanded nude photos and debt agreements, all while threatening death. One must commend the Chinese Embassy for their timely intervention, though the blogger’s IP address later revealed Chile-a plot twist worthy of Dostoevsky.

Chen, ever the pragmatist, did not claim the kidnapping was crypto-related, but one suspects she sees a pattern. After all, who could resist impersonating a CEO in the age of Telegram? A fake account bearing her name, a counterfeit calendly.com page-truly, the digital world is a masquerade ball of identity theft.

Her counsel? Double-check links, avoid suspicious software, and report all dubious contacts. A call to arms, perhaps, but one that smells faintly of sarcasm. After all, what is a phishing scam if not the 21st-century equivalent of a pickpocket in a crowd?

And let us not forget the recent spate of crypto-linked violence: Minnesota brothers holding a family hostage for $8 million, Parisians kidnapped near the Arc de Triomphe for €2 million. Digital assets, once mere abstractions, now draw the attention of every rogue with a gun. One wonders if the blockchain will someday defend itself, perhaps by sending a cease-and-desist letter in 140-character bursts.

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2025-12-10 00:10