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Gaywallet (they/it) ( Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) A to Technology · 3 years ago

Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist

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Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist

arstechnica.com

Gaywallet (they/it) ( Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) A to Technology · 3 years ago
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Hong Kong firm tricked by simulation of multiple real people in video chat, including voices.
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    I bet the CFO was in habit of joining Zoom company calls with the cat filter turned on. Therefore everyone was pretty much OK with this.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGOofzZOyl8

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      CFO: “I will need you to transfer $25M to…”

      Employee: “Sorry Sir, I don’t think I can do that, you don’t look like yourself today”

      CFO: “What? What do you mean?”

      Employee: “…your whiskers are shorter than usual”

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