WeChat Pay's Facial Recognition Security Evaded by Scammers Using Victims’ Social Media Content

July 1, 2020

In China, scammers evaded facial recognition security for online financial transactions on WeChat Pay by using victims' social media content to craft identity-verification GIFs. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping trustworthy AI governance, JOIN US (HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM) (Govern) to help prevent such incidents.

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Alleged deployer: wechat-pay
Alleged developer: wechat
Alleged harmed parties: wechat-pay-users

Source

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