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DeepSeek Phishing Sites Pursue User Data, Crypto Wallets

ID: 514644d2-3bba-5adc-b8bd-3e32129cc544

STIX ID: report--514644d2-3bba-5adc-b8bd-3e32129cc544

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2025-02-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Researchers observed a coordinated campaign exploiting DeepSeek's publicity by deploying dozens of phishing sites (at least 16 observed), fraudulent investment and cryptocurrency scams, and malicious PyPI packages labeled "deepseekai"/"deepseeek" that target developers; operators used dynamic branding, phish kits/PhaaS, and infrastructure shifts to evade takedowns, enabling credential theft, account takeover, malware distribution, and financial fraud.

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