Audio deepfake fraudulently impersonates CEO
An unknown person defrauded a company by using AI to impersonate its CEO, prompting concerns about the use of AI for scams and other malicious purposes. US-based cybersecurity company NISOS uncovered an attempted fraud in which an employee received a call from someone identifying himself as his company CEO asking him to call back for 'immediate assistance to finalize an urgent business deal.' The employee 'immediately thought it suspicious' and called the legal department. It transpired the voice had been faked and the number the would-be victim was meant to call was a VOIP service burner with no user information. Deepfake Deepfakes (a portmanteau of ' deep learning ' and 'fake') are images, videos, or audio which are edited or generated using artificial intelligence tools, and which may depict real or non-existent people. They are a type of synthetic media. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Unknown Operator: Developer: Country: U SA Sector: Technology Purpose: Defraud Technology: Deep fake - audio ; Machine learning Issue: Ethics/values; Impersonation; Security
- Date it happened
- 2020-07-01
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