The act was a combination of hacking and scamming. Scamming in a sense because they are using the image of Kobe Bryant to attract people on downloading the wallpaper that contains crytojacking worms which is a knowledge used for hacking. Scammers and hackers are really up into innovated strategies to lure people just to get their goal of getting other people's important details to be able to get their money. It just clearly states how those two crimes are now being fused by such group of people to execute crimes which they do for the sake of their own selves.

This is really alarming in a sense that you being a fan of a famous personality could be victimized by this act since the goal of scamming might be caught on act but the hacking that is hidden on the wallpapers are hard to be discovered. This calls for every people to keep themselves safe at all times not to easily patronize items coming from online because those might serve as a front act just for the scammers and hackers be able to gain access on your device and get what they want. Basically do not install nor download anything coming from an unknown sources to avoid this to happen and secure your device by installing anti virus so that once it comes into your device, you can be able to get rid of it. But still prevention is better than cure.