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Incident 634: Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million

Description: 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.
Editor Notes: Note of 05/03/2025: This incident has become a recurring reference for reports on AI-powered scams, particularly when discussing the dangers of deepfake technology in real-time video conferencing. Where possible, reports that even make cursory reference to the incident will be included in this archive. Its emergence as a shorthand in journalism is worthy of note in and of itself for research.

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Présumé : Un système d'IA développé et mis en œuvre par Unknown deepfake technology developers et Unknown deepfake app, a endommagé Unnamed multinational company et Unnamed finance employee.
Système d'IA présumé impliqué: Unknown deepfake app

Statistiques d'incidents

ID
634
Nombre de rapports
27
Date de l'incident
2024-02-02
Editeurs
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

Classifications de taxonomie MIT

Machine-Classified
Détails de la taxonomie

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

Rapports d'incidents

Chronologie du rapport

+19
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
+1
Le géant britannique de l'ingénierie Arup victime d'une arnaque deepfake de 25 millions de dollars
+1
Les escroqueries Deepfake se multiplient, touchant 53 % des entreprises
Reality Defender se penche sur la fraude vocale deepfake dans le secteur bancaireL’IA est utilisée dans la moitié des escroqueries bancaires. Voici ce à quoi vous devez faire attentionComment les escrocs utilisent l'IA dans la fraude bancaireL'IA générative rend la fraude plus fluide, des leurres de phishing aux faux amants
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’

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

cnn.com

Hong Kong firm loses over $25mn after employee’s video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’, others

Hong Kong firm loses over $25mn after employee’s video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’, others

wionews.com

Deepfake Scam Video Cost Company $26 Million, Hong Kong Police Says

Deepfake Scam Video Cost Company $26 Million, Hong Kong Police Says

voanews.com

Scammers used deepfake CFO on video call to trick company employee into sending them $25M

Scammers used deepfake CFO on video call to trick company employee into sending them $25M

siliconangle.com

Deepfake CFO tricks Hong Kong biz out of $25 million

Deepfake CFO tricks Hong Kong biz out of $25 million

theregister.com

Company worker in Hong Kong pays out £20m in deepfake video call scam

Company worker in Hong Kong pays out £20m in deepfake video call scam

theguardian.com

Deepfaked video conference call makes employee send $25 million to scammers

Deepfaked video conference call makes employee send $25 million to scammers

helpnetsecurity.com

Deepfake video conference convinces employee to send $25M to scammers

Deepfake video conference convinces employee to send $25M to scammers

scmagazine.com

Deepfaked video conference call costs company $25M

Deepfaked video conference call costs company $25M

cybernews.com

A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police

A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police

businessinsider.com

Deepfake video call scam cons company out of $25 million

Deepfake video call scam cons company out of $25 million

readwrite.com

Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist

Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist

arstechnica.com

Video Call With Deepfakes Costs UK Firm $25m in Hong Kong

Video Call With Deepfakes Costs UK Firm $25m in Hong Kong

asiafinancial.com

Employee Duped by AI-Generated CFO in $25.6M Deepfake Scam

Employee Duped by AI-Generated CFO in $25.6M Deepfake Scam

hackread.com

Scammers in Hong Kong Used Deepfakes To Steal $25.6M USD

Scammers in Hong Kong Used Deepfakes To Steal $25.6M USD

hypebeast.com

Company Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call Deepfakes

Company Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call Deepfakes

huffpost.com

Scammers Use Deepfakes to Steal $25.6 Million From Company in Hong Kong

Scammers Use Deepfakes to Steal $25.6 Million From Company in Hong Kong

themercury.com

Hong Kong Video Deepfake Scam Nets HK$200 Million, Fraud Involved Simulation of Multiple Video Conference Participants

Hong Kong Video Deepfake Scam Nets HK$200 Million, Fraud Involved Simulation of Multiple Video Conference Participants

cpomagazine.com

Deepfake Scammers Steal $25 Million From Company: 5 Ways You Can Avoid Being Victim to Latest AI Nightmare

Deepfake Scammers Steal $25 Million From Company: 5 Ways You Can Avoid Being Victim to Latest AI Nightmare

jdsupra.com

Le géant britannique de l'ingénierie Arup victime d'une arnaque deepfake de 25 millions de dollars

Le géant britannique de l'ingénierie Arup victime d'une arnaque deepfake de 25 millions de dollars

cnn.com

Des escrocs détournent 25 millions de dollars de la société d'ingénierie Arup via un faux « directeur financier » basé sur l'IA

Des escrocs détournent 25 millions de dollars de la société d'ingénierie Arup via un faux « directeur financier » basé sur l'IA

cfodive.com

Les escroqueries Deepfake se multiplient, touchant 53 % des entreprises

Les escroqueries Deepfake se multiplient, touchant 53 % des entreprises

cfodive.com

Les escroqueries Deepfake s'intensifient, touchant plus de la moitié des entreprises

Les escroqueries Deepfake s'intensifient, touchant plus de la moitié des entreprises

cybersecuritydive.com

Reality Defender se penche sur la fraude vocale deepfake dans le secteur bancaire

Reality Defender se penche sur la fraude vocale deepfake dans le secteur bancaire

biometricupdate.com

L’IA est utilisée dans la moitié des escroqueries bancaires. Voici ce à quoi vous devez faire attention

L’IA est utilisée dans la moitié des escroqueries bancaires. Voici ce à quoi vous devez faire attention

fortune.com

Comment les escrocs utilisent l'IA dans la fraude bancaire

Comment les escrocs utilisent l'IA dans la fraude bancaire

unite.ai

L'IA générative rend la fraude plus fluide, des leurres de phishing aux faux amants

L'IA générative rend la fraude plus fluide, des leurres de phishing aux faux amants

theregister.com

Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
cnn.com · 2024

A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company's chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police.

The elabora…

Hong Kong firm loses over $25mn after employee’s video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’, others
wionews.com · 2024

The Hong Kong branch of a multinational company has lost $25.6 million (HK$200 million) after scammers using deepfake technology posed as the firm's chief financial officer (CFO) in a video conference call and ordered money transfers, accor…

Deepfake Scam Video Cost Company $26 Million, Hong Kong Police Says
voanews.com · 2024

HONG KONG --- 

Scammers tricked a multinational firm out of some $26 million by impersonating senior executives using deepfake technology, Hong Kong police said Sunday, in one of the first cases of its kind in the city.

Law enforcement agen…

Scammers used deepfake CFO on video call to trick company employee into sending them $25M
siliconangle.com · 2024

Scammers who used artificial intelligence-powered "deepfakes" to pose as a multinational company's chief financial officer in a video call were able to trick an employee into sending them more than $25 million, CNN reported.

The finance wor…

Deepfake CFO tricks Hong Kong biz out of $25 million
theregister.com · 2024

A Hong Kong-based finance professional at a multinational was reportedly swindled out of $25 million (HK$200 million) of company money when scammers created a deepfake of his London-based chief financial officer in a video conference call.

…
Company worker in Hong Kong pays out £20m in deepfake video call scam
theguardian.com · 2024

Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after an employee at an unnamed company claimed she was duped into paying HK$200m (£20m) of her firm's money to fraudsters in a deepfake video conference call.

The Hong Kong police force said …

Deepfaked video conference call makes employee send $25 million to scammers
helpnetsecurity.com · 2024

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 ultimate…

Deepfake video conference convinces employee to send $25M to scammers
scmagazine.com · 2024

A deepfake phishing scam cost a multinational company more than $25 million after an employee was fooled by digital imitations of his colleagues on a conference call.

Hong Kong police said at a press conference Friday that the employee at t…

Deepfaked video conference call costs company $25M
cybernews.com · 2024

Fraudsters used deepfake technology to arrange a bogus video conference call and elaborately trick a finance worker at a multinational firm into paying out $25 million.

The name of the Hong Kong branch of this multinational company is not s…

A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police
businessinsider.com · 2024

Scammers made off with about $25 million after they used deepfake technology to trick an employee at the Hong Kong branch of a multinational company, local media reported on Sunday, citing the city's police.

In January, an employee in the c…

Deepfake video call scam cons company out of $25 million
readwrite.com · 2024

A multinational company's Hong Kong office was the victim of an elaborate scam using deepfake video technology to impersonate executives and scam the company out of HK$200 million ($25.6 million), local police reported on Sunday (Jan 4).

In…

Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist
arstechnica.com · 2024

On Sunday, a report from the South China Morning Post revealed a significant financial loss suffered by a multinational company's Hong Kong office, amounting to HK$200 million (US$25.6 million), due to a sophisticated scam involving deepfak…

Video Call With Deepfakes Costs UK Firm $25m in Hong Kong
asiafinancial.com · 2024

An employee at a Hong Kong branch of a multinational firm was scammed into paying out 200 million HKD (more than $25 million) of company funds after a conference call in which every single participant --- other than the worker --- was a dee…

Employee Duped by AI-Generated CFO in $25.6M Deepfake Scam
hackread.com · 2024

Learn how a multinational company's Hong Kong branch faced a deepfake scam, causing substantial financial losses, and explore efforts to counter the rising sophistication of deepfake technology.

A multinational company's Hong Kong branch fa…

Scammers in Hong Kong Used Deepfakes To Steal $25.6M USD
hypebeast.com · 2024

Scammers stole $25.6 million USD ( $200 million Hong Kong dollars) from a multinational finance firm using deepfake technology, CNN reported.

Hong Kong police were contacted about a case where scammers used a deepfake of the firm's chief fi…

Company Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call Deepfakes
huffpost.com · 2024

An employee at the Hong Kong office of a multinational company transferred nearly $26 million to scammers last month after unwittingly attending a video call with deepfakes of their co-workers -- including the company's chief financial offi…

Scammers Use Deepfakes to Steal $25.6 Million From Company in Hong Kong
themercury.com · 2024

Scammers Use Deepfakes to Steal , $25.6 Million From Company in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, a finance worker for an unnamed multinational firm was tricked into paying bad actors $24.6 million, Engadget reports. . According to police, the scamm…

Hong Kong Video Deepfake Scam Nets HK$200 Million, Fraud Involved Simulation of Multiple Video Conference Participants
cpomagazine.com · 2024

What is easily the most ambitious deepfake scam yet has taken place in Hong Kong, where attackers were able to convince an employee of an unnamed company to transfer HK$200 million (about $25 million) via a fake video conference populated b…

Deepfake Scammers Steal $25 Million From Company: 5 Ways You Can Avoid Being Victim to Latest AI Nightmare
jdsupra.com · 2024

A group of scammers recently used deepfake technology -- now readily available to just about anyone -- to trick a finance employee into paying them over $25 million of corporate funds. This might be one of the world's biggest AI-fueled heis…

Le géant britannique de l'ingénierie Arup victime d'une arnaque deepfake de 25 millions de dollars
cnn.com · 2024
Traduit par IA

Une multinationale britannique de conception et d'ingénierie à l'origine de bâtiments mondialement connus tels que l'Opéra de Sydney a confirmé avoir été la cible d'une arnaque deepfake qui a conduit l'un de ses employés de Hong Kong à paye…

Des escrocs détournent 25 millions de dollars de la société d'ingénierie Arup via un faux « directeur financier » basé sur l'IA
cfodive.com · 2024
Traduit par IA

Dive Brief :

  • Le groupe d'ingénierie britannique Arup a perdu environ 25 millions de dollars après que des escrocs ont utilisé Selon un rapport du Financial Times, des « deepfakes » manipulés par l'IA ont permis à un employé de se faire pas…
Les escroqueries Deepfake se multiplient, touchant 53 % des entreprises
cfodive.com · 2024
Traduit par IA

Dive Brief :

  • Un peu plus de la moitié (53 %) des entreprises aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni ont été la cible d'une escroquerie financière alimentée par la technologie « deepfake », 43 % d'entre elles ayant été victimes de telles attaques…
Les escroqueries Deepfake s'intensifient, touchant plus de la moitié des entreprises
cybersecuritydive.com · 2024
Traduit par IA
  • Un peu plus de la moitié des entreprises aux États-Unis et au Royaume-Uni ont été victimes d'une escroquerie financière utilisant la technologie « deepfake », 43 % d'entre elles étant victimes de telles attaques, selon une enquête menée pa…
Reality Defender se penche sur la fraude vocale deepfake dans le secteur bancaire
biometricupdate.com · 2025
Traduit par IA

À mesure que la technologie deepfake évolue, la variété et la sophistication des attaques de phishing continuent d'augmenter. Les organisations peuvent se demander comment se protéger contre les attaques deepfake qui peuvent entraîner des p…

L’IA est utilisée dans la moitié des escroqueries bancaires. Voici ce à quoi vous devez faire attention
fortune.com · 2025
Traduit par IA

L'IA rend les travailleurs plus efficaces. Le problème est que l'IA rend les criminels plus efficaces également.

Grâce à des outils numériques de plus en plus sophistiqués, les escroqueries et les fraudes bancaires sont devenues une menace …

Comment les escrocs utilisent l'IA dans la fraude bancaire
unite.ai · 2025
Traduit par IA

L'IA a permis aux fraudeurs de contourner les contrôles anti-usurpation d'identité et la vérification vocale, leur permettant ainsi de produire des pièces d'identité et des documents financiers contrefaits avec une rapidité remarquable. Leu…

L'IA générative rend la fraude plus fluide, des leurres de phishing aux faux amants
theregister.com · 2025
Traduit par IA

Les spams existaient avant le web lui-même, et l'IA générative a amélioré leur fluidité, en produisant des arnaques localisées et astucieuses, permettant aux escrocs d'atteindre des régions et des dialectes qu'ils ignoraient auparavant.

L'u…

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