Binance CCO Partick Hillmann impersonated in deepfake scam
Hackers used AI-generated holograms of a senior Binance employee to deceive representatives of various cryptocurrency projects. The AI hologram was used in Zoom calls to mislead crypto project representatives into believing they were discussing potential asset listings on Binance. The scheme only came to light when Binance COO Patrick Hillmann received messages from individuals thanking him for meetings he had never attended, raising suspicions about the legitimacy of these interactions. Hillmann had no knowledge of these meetings because he is not part of the listing process at Binance, he said. The event signals a growing challenge posed by deepfake technology and synthetic media in digital communication, necessitating more robust security protocols and public awareness campaigns to combat these kinds of threats. 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 Documents 📃 Patrick Hillmann (2022). Scammers Created an AI Hologram of Me to Scam Unsuspecting Projects Operator: Developer: Country: USA Sector: Banking/financial services Purpose: Defraud Technology: Deepfake - video ; Machine learning Issue: I m personation; Security Investigations, assessments, audits 👁️ Deepfaked. Hackers use deepfake of Binance CCO in exchange listing scams
- Date it happened
- 2022-08-01
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