Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million
February 2, 2024
A finance employee at the multinational engineering firm Arup was reportedly deceived into transferring $25 million by fraudsters using purported deepfake technology to impersonate the firm's CFO in a video call, according to the Hong Kong police.
- Alleged deployer
- unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- unnamed-finance-employee, arup
Source
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