Incident 147: Hong Kong Bank Manager Swindled by Fraudsters Using Deepfaked Voice of Company Director

Description: In early 2020, fraudsters reportedly allegedly deepfaked the voice of a company's director, demanding a bank manager in Hong Kong to authorize a $35M transfer.

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by scammers, which harmed Hong Kong bank manager.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
147
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2020-01-01
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1, GMF, MIT

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

Taxonomy Details

Incident Number

147

Special Interest Intangible Harm

no

Date of Incident Year

2020

Estimated Date

No

Multiple AI Interaction

no

Embedded

no

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Human

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find
forbes.com · 2021

AI voice cloning is used in a huge heist being investigated by Dubai investigators, amidst warnings about cybercriminal use of the new technology.

In early 2020, a bank manager in the Hong Kong received a call from a man whose voice he reco…

Bank Robbers Steal $35 Million by Deepfaking Boss's Voice
futurism.com · 2021

Deep Voice

Deepfake technology has gotten incredibly sophisticated over the years, allowing us to resurrect the voices of the dead and fool Justin Bieber into challenging famous Scientologists to fights. Some folks are even using it for mor…

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