Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find by Thomas Brewster (Forbes, Oct 14, 2021)

Link: Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find by Thomas Brewster (Forbes, Oct 14, 2021)

Summary: “Deepfakes” are AI-created media that can create believable yet fake events, speeches, films, people, interactions, etc. out of thin air. In 2020, a bank manager received a call from a “deepfake voice,” whom he believed to belong to an acquaintance. However, the voice was cloned from the acquaintance, and instead belonged to fraudsters who successfully saw $35 million transferred into their bank account. So, “if recordings of you speaking are available online, whether on social media, YouTube or on an employer’s website, there may well be a secret battle going on for control of your voice without you knowing.”