{"id":1616,"date":"2024-02-08T09:20:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T08:13:48","slug":"fraudsters-use-deepfake-technology-to-trick-employee-into-paying-millionstech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolcentral.co.uk\/?p=1616","title":{"rendered":"Fraudsters use deepfake technology to trick employee into paying millionsTech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“A finance worker in\u00a0<\/span>Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>was duped into paying $25m by fraudsters posing as his company\u2019s London-based chief financial officer on a\u00a0<\/span>video call<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>using\u00a0<\/span>deepfake<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>technology.<\/p>\n

The worker, a clerk at the company, attended a video call in which he thought several members of the staff were present, but they were all\u00a0<\/span>deepfake recreations<\/a>, according to Hong Kong police.”<\/p>\n

Read more here: https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tech\/deepfake-fraud-employee-millions-scam-b2490582.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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