Thanks to artificial intelligence, hackers have managed to make transfers by a bank by imitating the voice of a business owner. 35 million dollars were thus embezzled following a simple phone call!
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We knew the President scams, a method that is still frequently used to extract large sums of money.money in companies, here is now its improved version to large reinforcement d‘Artificial intelligence. The story took place in the United Arab Emirates (EUA). The director of a large bank was fooled by the cloned voice of the boss of a company he has as a client. Following the discussion with this alleged business owner, the banker authorized a transfer of $ 35 million. To make it credible the voice, the technology used has been dubbed Deep voice, like the Deepfakes which allow you to create impressive fake videos making personalities say what you want.
After the Deepfakes, here are the Deep voices
This is the second known case of the use of cloning vocal by criminals. The first time was in 2019 in the UK. Crooks had managed to squeeze more than $ 200,000 from a company, again masquerading as the boss. For cybersecurity specialists, this case shows that the use of combined AI can be daunting when it is hijacked by cybercriminals. And this AI allowing to credibly clone the voices is accessible to all. We can generate it via software like Aflorithmic, or Respeecher.
In the case of the scam that took place in the USA, authorities aided by US investigators identified 17 people involved. This AI-boosted president scam could lead in the very near future to the same types of scams that we can experience when a loved one suddenly asks us for money, when his e-mail box has been hacked. A voice message using the intonations of a person you know would be all the more credible for the scammer to achieve his ends.
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