Attacker impersonates company CEO with AI voice clone to authorize fraudulent transaction
Date: 2023
Affected: Unnamed enterprise
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

An unnamed company was defrauded after an attacker used audio-deepfake technology to impersonate the CEO over the phone and instruct staff to authorize a fraudulent transaction.


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