Rethinking Trust in a World of Deepfakes
A finance worker in Arup’s Hong Kong office was tricked by a deepfaked video call and email chain impersonating the CFO and colleagues, making 15 transfers totaling about HK$200 million (US$25M) to five accounts; the fraud was discovered…
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