jstatepost, 3 months ago

@davep
🥥 This story about a finance worker paying out $25-million after watching a #DeepFake video of his CFO will do more to introduce legislation controlling Artificial Intelligence than any thing else has managed to do,
The secret is to kick 'em in their money bags. 🥥
#AI, #Scams, #EatTheRich

lippyduck, 3 months ago

@davep Irony alert. It's true but if you post a screenshot instead of a link the reader will think it's just as likely to be a fake itself.

davep, 3 months ago

@lippyduck
Yeah, I posted it in the depths of the replies https://infosec.exchange/@davep/111875498940243577

peterbutler, 3 months ago

@davep story seems dubious. What non-exec has power to send $25 million?

davep, 3 months ago

@peterbutler
It appears to have happened a while ago https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html

fencepost, 3 months ago

@peterbutler @davep someone in accounts payable who's also received confirmation on a multiperson video call with people they recognized to ensure that they're not being phished or vished.

peterbutler, 3 months ago

@fencepost @davep I’ll eat crow if it’s proven (did anyone save this alleged zoom video or how were these claims corroborated?) but I ain’t buying it yet. Smells fishier than AI George Carlin

davep, 3 months ago

@peterbutler @fencepost I guess we'll find out more with time. You could be right, of course.

Apparently there was an email originally that the individual was wary of. Not that it proves anything.

BradRubenstein, 3 months ago

@davep

A good time to review Patrick McKenzie's tour de force, Finality does not exist in payments.

https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/no-payments-are-final/