UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam
The Guardian - 2024-05-17T12:13:38.000Z

Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video callBusiness live – latest updatesThe British engineering company Arup has confirmed it was the victim of a deepfake fraud after an employee was duped into sending HK$200m (£20m) to criminals by an artificial intelligence-generated video call.Hong Kong police said in February that a worker at a then-unnamed company had been tricked into transferring vast sums by people on a hoax call “posing as senior officers of...

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