Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
- Scammers used deepfake technology to impersonate senior executives in a multinational firm, resulting in a loss of $25 million.
- The fraudsters utilized WhatsApp, email, and video conferences to deceive Hong Kong staff members and carry out the scam.
- Authorities are investigating the incident, and no arrests have been made at this time.
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Horrifying deepfake tricks employee into giving away $25 million
Deepfake scams are costing millions (Picture: Getty) A finance worker in Hong Kong was tricked into paying £20 million of his company’s money to fraudsters because of an elaborate deepfake pretending to be his boss. The employee joined a video call with who he thought was the business’s chief financial officer. He was initially suspicious after a message from the CFO mentioned a ‘secret transaction’, suggesting it was a phishing scam. After join…
Company worker in Hong Kong pays out £20m in deepfake video call scam
Police investigate after employee tricked into transferring money to fraudsters posing as senior officers of her firmHong Kong police have launched an investigation after an employee at an unnamed company said she was duped into paying HK$200m (£20m) of her firm’s money to fraudsters in a deepfake video conference call.The Hong Kong police force said it had received a report from a worker that she had been tricked into transferring the money by …
A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police
A person attending a conference call.Alistair Berg/Getty ImagesA company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfake versions of his colleagues, Hong Kong police say.The person had attended a video call with deepfakes of the firm's UK-based CFO and other colleagues. Hong Kong police said scammers created the deepfakes based on publicly available video.Scammers made off with about $25 million after they used deepfake technology to …
Hong Kong: Deepfake that made a multinational lose $25 million. An employee was tricked in a videoconference with fake participants into making several bank transactions
The employee of a Hong Kong multinational was tricked, during a video conference, into conducting several important banking transactions... before realizing that he was the victim of a scam orchestrated with the help of artificial intelligence, reports RTHK, quoted by news.ro
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