Deepfake scams have gone from niche to industrial; one finance officer paid out nearly $500,000 on a fake video call with “company leadership”

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Deepfake scams have gone from niche to industrial; one finance officer paid out nearly $500,000 on a fake video call with “company leadership”

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Deepfake fraud taking place on an industrial scale, study finds

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AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say

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