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Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
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.
the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like colleagues he recognized
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’