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.

Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN::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.

  • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    Insider threat. My organization archives our town halls with the President. There are hours of video available on the internal site.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      And if not that, you also have internal meetings where managers love to turn their cameras on.

      It also doesn’t have to be perfect, just good enough.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Same. Not just town halls, but our internal video archive has thousands of hours of recordings of training, project kickoffs and retros, across hundreds of teams.