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Unnamed finance employee

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Incident 63430 Report
Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

2024-02-02

A finance employee at the multinational engineering firm Arup was reportedly deceived into transferring $25 million by fraudsters using purported deepfake technology to impersonate the firm's CFO in a video call, according to the Hong Kong police.

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Unknown scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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Arup

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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Unknown video call technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 634
    30 Reports

    Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

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