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|publisher= [[w:Washington Post]] | |publisher= [[w:Washington Post]] | ||
|access-date= 2019-07-22 | |access-date= 2019-07-22 | ||
|quote= }} | |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.}} | ||
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* [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"> | * [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"> | ||
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==== 2021 digital sound-alike enabled fraud ==== | ==== 2021 digital sound-alike enabled fraud ==== | ||
<section begin=2021 digital sound-alike enabled fraud />The 2nd publicly known fraud done with a digital sound-alike took place on Friday 2021-01-15. A bank in Hong Kong was manipulated to wire money to numerous bank accounts by using a voice stolen from one of the their client company's directors. They managed to defraud $35 million of the U.A.E. based company's money.<ref name="Forbes | |||
<section begin=2021 digital sound-alike enabled fraud />The 2nd publicly known fraud done with a digital sound-alike took place on Friday 2021-01-15. A bank in Hong Kong was manipulated to wire money to numerous bank accounts by using a voice stolen from one of the their client company's directors. They managed to defraud $35 million of the U.A.E. based company's money.<ref name="Forbes reporting on 2021 digital sound-alike fraud">https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/14/huge-bank-fraud-uses-deep-fake-voice-tech-to-steal-millions/</ref> | |||
** [https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/14/huge-bank-fraud-uses-deep-fake-voice-tech-to-steal-millions/ '''''Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find''''' at forbes.com] 2021-10-14 original reporting | ** [https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/14/huge-bank-fraud-uses-deep-fake-voice-tech-to-steal-millions/ '''''Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find''''' at forbes.com] 2021-10-14 original reporting | ||
** [https://www.unite.ai/deepfaked-voice-enabled-35-million-bank-heist-in-2020/ '''''Deepfaked Voice Enabled $35 Million Bank Heist in 2020''''' at unite.ai]<ref group="1st seen in">https://www.reddit.com/r/VocalSynthesis/</ref> reporting updated on 2021-10-15 | ** [https://www.unite.ai/deepfaked-voice-enabled-35-million-bank-heist-in-2020/ '''''Deepfaked Voice Enabled $35 Million Bank Heist in 2020''''' at unite.ai]<ref group="1st seen in">https://www.reddit.com/r/VocalSynthesis/</ref> reporting updated on 2021-10-15 | ||