Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-08-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: U.K.-based energy firm
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Utilities
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: An insurance firm (Euler Hermes Group SA) reveals that criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a CEO's voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃÂ¢ÃÂ¢'ÃÂ¬Ã'ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â '''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¢ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â '''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¬220,000 ($243,000) back in March.