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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]]'''
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]]'''


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 [[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" />
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" />


* [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">
* [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">
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* [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="WaPo2019">
* [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">
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