A deepfake video conference call paired with social engineering tricks has led to the theft of over US$25 million from a multinational firm, the South China Morning Post has reported. The scheme and the deepfake video conference call The attack started with messages sent to several of the firm’s employees, but it seems that only one – employed in the finance department of the company’s Hong Kong branch’s – was ultimately bamboozled. According to the … Continue reading Deepfaked video conference call makes employee send $25 million to scammers