Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ | CNN
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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.
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RaichuGirl on 2025-03-17 03:28:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL a finance worker was scammed for $25 Million through a Deepfake video conference. The worker thought he was on a call with multiple of his colleagues (who he recognised) and the company’s CFO, but all of them were fake.