Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN
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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.
  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m surprised there was no further validation or approval for that kind of money beyond “find the right person and socially engineer them.”