UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam

UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/uk-engineering-arup-deepfake-scam-hong-kong-ai-video

Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video call

The British engineering company Arup has confirmed it was the victim of a deepfake fraud after an employee was duped into sending HK$200m (£20m) to criminals by an artificial intelligence-generated video call.