Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
(edition.cnn.com)
from DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.ml on 05 Feb 2024 03:18
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from DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.ml on 05 Feb 2024 03:18
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Damn, that’s a pretty intricate scam,though. The deep fake part is bullshit, but I mean knowing who all to have on call and what to say.
Must have been an insider or ex employee.
At some point someone’s going to train an LLM on material from successful scams to autonomously generate new scams, then wire the money to server farms to run more copies of itself.
Can’t wait for self-replicating scam bots
Maybe they’ll finally try to sell me an extended warranty on a car I actually own.
Thats an ingenious idea…
This story sounds suss, but I want it to be true because <img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d60d74a4-b663-463b-a89e-11f89d4a2021.png">
Oh thats a good social engineer, nice
Perhaps it should be a company policy that any demand to pay by phone/text/video conf must be authenticated by the office worker hanging up and calling the appropriate company officer on a non-published phone number. The workers immediate supervisor should also be involved in anything out of the ordinary. With a well known policy that calling the company officer will never result in any trouble for the office worker.
Ohhhh, that’s why I have to take those monthly security training quizzes, lol. I haven’t seen one on AI deepfakes though, I’m sure they’re coming.
The scam involving the fake CFO was only discovered when the employee later checked with the corporation’s head office.
A surprise teleconference resulting in the transfer of $25 million dollars? You can bet your ass I’m going to verify that transaction by calling the CFO on his direct line before any money is sent.
You aren’t your run of the mill AP clerk I’m afraid
I’m surprised there was no further validation or approval for that kind of money beyond “find the right person and socially engineer them.”