Misuse and incidents

Deepfake video meeting tricks employee into sending HK$200 million

Hong Kong police said an employee transferred HK$200 million after scammers used deepfakes to impersonate the company's chief financial officer and other colleagues during a video conference.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM62confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

A completed multimillion-dollar fraud used synthetic video and audio to overcome normal workplace identity checks, demonstrating consequential and scalable real-world deception.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 62 · confidence 94

    New February 2024 realized deepfake financial-fraud incident.

    12 Aug 2026