AI Deepfakes in the News

Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’

CNN
By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN
 2 minute read 
Published Sun February 4, 2024

Beware the Deepfakes at Work

Human Resources Professionals Association
August 30 2023

DEEPFAKES POSE BUSINESSES RISKS—HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW

Booz Allen Hamilton

Deepfake Scams Expose Employers to Big Risks

SHRM
Roy Maurer
February 20, 2024

Criminals Use Deepfake Videos to Interview for Remote Work

FinCEN Issues Alert on Fraud Schemes Involving Deepfake Media Targeting Financial Institutions

AI-driven Fraud and Deepfakes: The Rising Threat to Financial Institutions

Laima Kuusaitė
Social Media Manager
October 16, 2024

Over 40% of fraud attacks on European financial institutions now use AI

Thursday, 30 May 2024
By Ellen O’Regan

‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Romance Scams Up 85 Times Since 2020

By Ryan S. Gladwin

The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice

It's a scam! How deepfakes and voice cloning taps into your cash

Euro News

By Doloresz Katanich

Published on 

That panicky call from a relative? It could be a thief using a voice clone, FTC warns

NPR

MARCH 22, 2023

Hong Kong Police Bust Deepfake Romance Crypto Scam That Resulted in $46M Theft

Wayne Jones
Oct 20, 2024

People Can't Identify Fake AI Faces From Real Headshots

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‘Everyone looked real’: multinational firm’s Hong Kong office loses HK$200 million after scammers stage deepfake video meeting

MY News

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Experts warn of rise in scammers using AI to mimic voices of loved ones in distress

ABC News
By Justin Green and Allie Weintraub
July 7, 2023,

Hello? How Scammers Use AI to Impersonate People and Steal Your Money

Angela Orebaugh is Assistant Professor in the Engineering School’s Computer Science Department.

How to avoid being fooled by AI-generated misinformation

New Scientist
Jeremy Hsu
2 September 2024

Rise Of AI Face Clones Will Trigger A Fintech Identity Crisis

Forbes

Frank McKenna

This co-worker does not exist: FBI warns of deepfakes interviewing for tech jobs

Devin Coldewey

Kidnapping scam uses artificial intelligence to clone teen girl's voice, mother issues warning

ABC News

ByErielle Reshef 
Thursday, April 13, 2023

A Woman Lost $50,000 to a Deepfake Elon Musk in AI Romance Scam

ABC News

ByErielle Reshef 
Thursday, April 13, 2023

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AI Has Already Become a Master of Lies And Deception, Scientists Warn

11 May 2024

ByMICHELLE STARR

Deepfake fraudsters impersonate FTSE chief executives

The Times
Tom Saunders and Katie Prescott

How scammers likely used artificial intelligence to con Newfoundland seniors out of $200K

ERyan Cooke · CBC News · 

Train Your HR Teams to Identify Deepfake Job Candidates

Vasilis Bouronikos
14 May, 2024 | 5 min(s) read.