"Engineering firm Arup has lost HK$200 million after falling victim to a deepfake video, during which a digitally cloned version of its chief financial officer demanded monetary transfers.
The hyper-realistic video, which was generated using artificial intelligence, targeted an employee at the Hong Kong office of the international firm in January.
According to the British business newspaper Financial Times (FT), which broke the news this morning, it is "one of the world's biggest known deepfake scams".
"We can confirm that fake voices and images were used," Arup told the FT."
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
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The hyper-realistic video, which was generated using artificial intelligence, targeted an employee at the Hong Kong office of the international firm in January.
According to the British business newspaper Financial Times (FT), which broke the news this morning, it is "one of the world's biggest known deepfake scams".
"We can confirm that fake voices and images were used," Arup told the FT."
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So strange to see the singularity approaching while the entire planet is rapidly turning into a hellscape. -John Coates
-Dik
