The Rise of Deepfake Scam: How a Company Lost $25.6 Million to a Clever CEO Impersonation
A deepfake scam video conference call involving a digitally recreated avatar of the chief financial officer (CFO) has cost a multinational company $25.6 million. In a video call where everyone appeared real, scammers created digitally-altered versions of the company’s CFO and others. There was no real person present on the video calls except for the