Deepfake video call led an Arup Hong Kong employee to transfer about HK$200 million
In January 2024 a finance employee at Arup's Hong Kong office joined a pre-recorded group video call in which the UK-based CFO was a deepfake made from public video clips and voice. The employee then sent about HK$200 million to five local bank accounts. Arup's accounts describe a January 2024 fraud using fake voice, signatures and images, recorded with related costs as a GBP 25.4 million exceptional item.
Sources
- Primary: https://www.arup.com/globalassets/downloads/corporate-documents/financial-statements/arup-financial-statement-2024.pdf
- Upstream: Editorial
- Entered by the cybermap.lol editors, with sources on the entry
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