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" A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company's chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police. The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what he thought were several other members of staff, but all of whom were in fact deepfake recreations, Hong Kong police said at a briefing on Friday. "(In the) multi-person video conference, it turns out that everyone [he saw] was fake," senior superintendent Baron Chan Shun-ching told the city's public broadcaster RTHK. Chan said the worker had grown suspicious after he received a message that was purportedly from the company's UK-based chief financial officer. Initially, the worker suspected it was a phishing email, as it talked of the need for a secret transaction to be carried out. However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like colleagues he recognized, Chan said."

"Naturally, you should do this - but be aware that this situation presents an ideal opportunity to phishers to start sending fake emails, complete with embedded links to the "change password" page - in reality, a website designed to harvest your details."

"Sophisticated scams fueled by artificial intelligence are threatening the security of billions of Gmail users. security warning issued As AI-powered phone calls mimicking human voices have become incredibly realistic, a new report from Forbes warned that the email service's 2.5 billion users could be targeted by "malicious" actors that are employing AI to dupe customers into handing over credentials."