North Korean cybercriminals have been linked to the theft of around $100,000 from a cryptocurrency wallet platform after carrying out an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced social engineering attack, the hacked firm revealed Wednesday.

The U.S.-based web3 service Zerion said on social media that the unspecified North Korean actor compromised an employee’s device last week and exploited their privileged access to drain funds from internal company wallets.

The attackers reportedly accessed the Zerion employee’s logged-in sessions and credentials, as well as private keys required to access the company’s internet-connected hot wallets used for testing and “internal purposes.”

The firm said the total