HK$200 million lost in deepfake conference call scam in Hong Kong first
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Police sound alarm after employee tricked by digital recreation of company’s finance chief and others in video call.

Multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting::undefined

  • hollo@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    ah good, the next excuse for bringing everyone back to the office

  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    After reading the whole article - wow that was one sophisticated scam.

    Deepfake was only one part of it, scammers impersonated multiple people on video, chat and email to create a believable story. It was apparently not too out of line with the normal company processes, which makes it extra scary (and likely helped by someone on the inside)