Source: www.schneier.com – Author: Bruce Schneier
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B.J. Herbison •
Was the call recorded? On the call we have a bunch of scammers and one person who says “The deepfakes were great, I was fooled.” and sends the money. The “worried about a phishing email” might be just posturing. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear a follow-up story on “fake deepfakes”.
Clive Robinson •
@ Bruce, ALL,
This was to be expected.
Almost every time there is a new technology it gets used for fraud in some way…
A case of “old wine in new bottles”.
tim •
If they had even the most basic financial controls in place – this could have been prevented.
echo •
This had to happen one day. It’s been a trope of sci-fi for years now. It’s recently made an appearance in online videochat rooms and various catfishing scams too in China.
lurker •
On at least 20 occasions, AI deepfakes had been used to trick facial recognition programs by imitating the people pictured on the identity cards, according to police.[my bold]
NB these are Chinese ID cards which have a chip carrying much more detail than appears printed, including a hi-res photo.
Uthor •
@Clive Robinson
“A case of “old wine in new bottles”.”
I have a case of some fresh wine I can sell you. Just Venmo me some money…
What •
Whatever happened to 2FA? I guess the safeguards for telephone and videochat financial transactions need to be reviewed to ensure there are loopholes
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