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.
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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- R1Toward 62 · confidence 94
New February 2024 realized deepfake financial-fraud incident.
12 Aug 2026