A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police.

Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN::A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police.

  • Dr. BobEnglish
    19•5 months ago

    Insider threat. My organization archives our town halls with the President. There are hours of video available on the internal site.

    • HobbitFoot English
      7•5 months ago

      And if not that, you also have internal meetings where managers love to turn their cameras on.

      It also doesn’t have to be perfect, just good enough.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•5 months ago

      Same. Not just town halls, but our internal video archive has thousands of hours of recordings of training, project kickoffs and retros, across hundreds of teams.