Fraudsters are becoming more and more adept at using artificial intelligences. We are not talking about those who steal copyrighted works to train them, but about a truly indicative and disturbing case: a financial sector employee employed by an unspecified multinational paid 200 million Hong Kong dollars (about 26 million dollars ) to gods scammersconvinced in video conference by deepfake of the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Impossible to stop them
Senior Superintendent Baron Chan Shun-ching explained that the scammers invited the man to a video conference with many participants, who actually resembled real people. Then the worker made fifteen transactions to five local banks, as he was asked, for a total of HK$200 million. All participants were deepfakes.
According to Chan, who works for the Hong Kong police, the scammers downloaded videos in advance and used artificial intelligence to add false rumors to the video conference. The scam began in January, with the employee receiving a message from the fake CFO inviting him to the meeting to discuss a confidential transaction.
The employee also became suspicious of the message, given the strange request, but the presence of so many colleagues convinced him and he carried out what was requested. Soon after he contacted the company's head office and discovered the scam.
The Hong Kong police therefore took advantage of this to recommend caution, given the ever-increasing ability of thieves and scammers in the use of artificial intelligence, now capable of creating situations of this kind that can easily deceive even the most attentive people.
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