Scammers in Hong Kong Used Deepfakes To Steal $25.6M USD

Scammers stole $25.6 million USD ( $200 million Hong Kong dollars) from a multinational finance firm using deepfake technology, CNN reported.Hong Kong police were contacted about a case where scammers used a deepfake of the firm's chief financial officer to appear as him in a video call. An employee had already been contacted by the scammers about secretive financial transactions.While the employee may have been suspicious initially, the scammers invited the employee to a video call, where other...