British multinational design and engineering company behind world-famous buildings such as the Sydney Opera House has confirmed that it was the target of a deepfake scam that led to one of its Hong Kong employees paying out $25 million to fraudsters.
A spokesperson for London-based Arup told CNN on Friday that it notified Hong Kong police in January about the fraud incident, and confirmed that fake voices and images were used.
— CNN
“Our financial stability and business operations were not affected and none of our internal systems were compromised,” an Arup spokesperson told CNN. The employee in question was apparently misled into believing they were in a video conference with senior finance staffers that were in reality deepfaked impersonations.
Deepfake attacks on business have been on the rise international for several months as the technological sophistication of audi-visual mimicry continues a rapid development.
Arup currently has 34 offices worldwide.
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Holy shit. This is really scary.
Everyone: You have to have a "safe word" with your loved ones (minus the BDSM connotations). My sister and I have a quote we both can ask the other to finish if either of us get a call from someone pretending to be the other. My son and I have a different quote.
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