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==== 2019 digital sound-alike enabled fraud ==== By 2019 digital sound-alike anyone technology found its way to the hands of criminals. In '''2019''' [[w:NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] researchers knew of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology had been used for '''[[w:crime]]'''.<ref name="Washington Post reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud" /> Of these crimes the most publicized was a fraud case in March 2019 where 220,000€ were defrauded with the use of a real-time digital sound-alike.<ref name="WSJ original reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud" /> The company that was the victim of this fraud had bought some kind of cyberscam insurance from French insurer [[w:Euler Hermes]] and the case came to light when Mr. Rüdiger Kirsch of Euler Hermes informed [[w:The Wall Street Journal]] about it.<ref name="Forbes reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud" /> ''' Reporting on the 2019 digital sound-alike enabled fraud ''' * [https://www.wsj.com/articles/fraudsters-use-ai-to-mimic-ceos-voice-in-unusual-cybercrime-case-11567157402 '''''Fraudsters Used AI to Mimic CEO’s Voice in Unusual Cybercrime Case''''' at wsj.com] original reporting, date unknown, updated 2019-08-30<ref name="WSJ original reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud"> {{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fraudsters-use-ai-to-mimic-ceos-voice-in-unusual-cybercrime-case-11567157402 |title=Fraudsters Used AI to Mimic CEO’s Voice in Unusual Cybercrime Case |last=Stupp |first=Catherine |date=2019-08-30 |website=[[w:wsj.com]] |publisher=[[w:The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=2022-01-01 |quote=}} </ref> * [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48908736 '''"Fake voices 'help cyber-crooks steal cash''''" at bbc.com] July 2019 reporting <ref name="BBC reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud"> {{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48908736 |title= Fake voices 'help cyber-crooks steal cash' |last= |first= |date= 2019-07-08 |website= [[w:bbc.com]] |publisher= [[w:BBC]] |access-date= 2020-07-22 |quote= }} </ref> * [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/ '''"An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft"''' at washingtonpost.com] documents a [[w:fraud]] committed with digital sound-like-anyone-machine, July 2019 reporting.<ref name="Washington Post reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud"> {{cite web |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/ |title= An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft |last= Drew |first= Harwell |date= 2020-04-16 |website= [[w:washingtonpost.com]] |publisher= [[w:Washington Post]] |access-date= 2019-07-22 |quote=Researchers at the cybersecurity firm Symantec said they have found at least three cases of executives’ voices being mimicked to swindle companies. Symantec declined to name the victim companies or say whether the Euler Hermes case was one of them, but it noted that the losses in one of the cases totaled millions of dollars.}} </ref> * [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2019/09/03/a-voice-deepfake-was-used-to-scam-a-ceo-out-of-243000/ '''''A Voice Deepfake Was Used To Scam A CEO Out Of $243,000''''' at forbes.com], 2019-09-03 reporting<ref name="Forbes reporting on 2019 digital sound-alike fraud"> {{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2019/09/03/a-voice-deepfake-was-used-to-scam-a-ceo-out-of-243000/ |title=A Voice Deepfake Was Used To Scam A CEO Out Of $243,000 |last=Damiani |first=Jesse |date=2019-09-03 |website=[[w:Forbes.com]] |publisher=[[w:Forbes]] |access-date=2022-01-01 |quote=According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, the CEO of an unnamed UK-based energy firm believed he was on the phone with his boss, the chief executive of firm’s the German parent company, when he followed the orders to immediately transfer €220,000 (approx. $243,000) to the bank account of a Hungarian supplier. In fact, the voice belonged to a fraudster using AI voice technology to spoof the German chief executive. Rüdiger Kirsch of Euler Hermes Group SA, the firm’s insurance company, shared the information with WSJ.}} </ref>
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