Deepfake Video Call Scams Finance Bro Out of $25 Million
Deepfake Video Call Scams Finance Bro Out of $25 Million
A Hong Kong employee hopped on a video call with a deepfake version of his boss and paid the ultimate price.
A random employee of a financial institution is not a "finance bro"
journalism is falling apart before our eyes but don’t worry i’m sure some prominent figures will SLAM each other along the way
edit: everyone saying that gizmodo isn’t journalism— that’s exactly my point. this article shouldn’t be given space on a “world news” community. hosting this is bad journalism.
But what the bank did next will shock you.
They may slap and spank each other too. Both of which I have seen in headlines recently.
Whelp, it's Gizmodo. Calling it "journalism" is a stretch.
Maybe be more specific in what you label “journalism”, because Gizmodo ain’t dat.
If my middle school history courses taught me anything, it's that journalism has always been garbage and biased.
“Pecuniary sibling”.
“CashKin”
Where did this "bro" thing come from anyway? I know it's a signal telling me to hate someone but what particular hivemind is spreading this?
Bros were dudes who liked to party.
That became Frat Bros who were obnoxious and loud guys who like to get drunk and party.
Eventually becoming Gym/Tech/Crypto Bros, which referenced the toxic masculinity and obnoxious nature of those two groups whose entire identity is the thing they bro’d.
Which in turn became a catch all suffix for groups/industries that are toxic/harmful.
No “hivemind” is spreading it, it’s just the evolution of slang and language in action.
Are they not?
No. And in this case it was probably an accountant or other operations worker in the company's treasury management department. Almost certainly not a finance bro.
I tough it'll be some crypto influencer or someone like that, not just guy who works in finance.
Then what's a finance bro if not that? Lol
Traders. M&A sharks. Crypto geeks. Balls out types.
Not a back office accounting drone.
These days it’s anyone working in finance. So yeah, they’re a finance bro.
Maybe if people hadn't made fun of me wanting to use pgp for all communications in the late 90s we could have avoided this. The fact that everything we do isn't subject to digital signature verification is nuts.
I'm still going to make fun of you. Nerd.
Plz fix things tho :(
Lol :)
Cypherpunk is still an ideology though obviously it never kept pace with the explosion of internet access. It's needed now more than ever.
It should be as mainstream as a lock on your front door or presenting ID when warranted (and as easy).
Fr pgp is so fucking useful I cannot stress it enough
I will be your pgp pen pal if u want.
It also makes me sad all my emails to family / friends / services aren't encrypted.
The "-bro" suffix is rapidly heading into terminal overuse phase where it ceases to have any actual meaning any more.
And I for one am glad to see it go.
BroGate
Sorry, I agree completely but I couldn't resist. I hate the "-Gate" suffix too since it's equally asinine.
Abrogate brogate
What do you mean kbinbro
I like to think the whole story was made up and the employee stole the money for themselves.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A finance worker in Hong Kong hopped on a video call with, what appeared to be, multiple coworkers and his company’s Chief Financial Officer.
“(In the) multi-person video conference, it turns out that everyone [he saw] was fake,” Hong Kong Police official Baron Chan Shun-ching told media outlets on Friday.
Hong Kong’s police department did not publicly identify the company or the worker in this case, but it’s one of the largest financial scams with deepfake technology to date.
The meeting’s participants were digitally recreated using publicly available footage of the individuals, according to the South China Morning Post.
The Hong Kong police department noted this was one of many recent cases involving deepfake technology scams.
AI-generated, pornographic images of Taylor Swift went viral in January, while a deepfake President Biden told New Hampshire voters not to vote.
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stealing money from rich people? OH NOES!
Global oligarchs: these scammers are taking our jobs!!!
Scamming scammers seems like good praxis. People need guides on how to do this
