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In France there had been cases of employees wiring money convinced that they were talking to their CEO/CFO/lawyers over the phone. Many cases were due to a Fran
by bengalister 3y ago
In France there had been cases of employees wiring money convinced that they were talking to their CEO/CFO/lawyers over the phone.
Many cases were due to a Franco-Israeli gang arrested in 2022/2023 that managed to make at least 38M Euros out of it. They impersonated CEOs without the help of deepfake AI.
See https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/franco-israeli-gang-behind-eur-38-million-ceo-fraud-busted https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/fran...
- acjohnson55 3y agoThere is an entertaining podcast series on this called Persona:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/persona-the-french-deception/id1625387454 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/persona-the-french-dec...
- cozzyd 3y agoSpeaking of personas and apple ... I bet apple vision personas make attacks like this a lot easier if anybody ever uses them.