Fake video of finance director: employees move 25 million but it's a scam
Content created with artificial intelligence misleads some employees, so the multinational company was cheated
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Imagine for a moment that you are in front of your PC, comfortably seated at your desk in any office. Maybe on the top floors of a building cutting through the sky of a huge city like Hong Kong, with thousands of people crowding the streets like ants. It's winter, it's getting dark early, the alternating lights of the skyscrapers reveal lighted windows. It is raining. And you are already thinking about dinner.
At this point you receive an email with a rather strange subject line: something like 'secret operation'. The sender? Your CFO, who asks you in no uncertain terms to connect via video conference with him and other guests. And he gives you the link to access the meeting.
Something does not convince you, it is not a very usual way. Meetings are usually organised differently. But after all, there is a video conference to attend. And maybe 'live' will clarify things for you. Then... click.
The connection is the same as a thousand others. There is your Chief Financial Officer, some colleague, some other guest you don't know. Within minutes, he, the Chief Financial Officer, the one you work for every day, tells you that there is an urgent transaction to close. And he asks you to move 200 million Hong Kong dollars (over 25 million US dollars) to five accounts. Five accounts that you do not know. But that, after all, is not your problem. So you execute the orders.
Then you go home, drop by the usual restaurant for a quick takeaway. You treat yourself to a Netflix movie, and maybe a glass of wine, before sinking onto the sofa.
