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Industry report cites deepfakes as second most common security concern
Deepfakes have been ranked as the second most frequent information security concern for businesses in the United Kingdom.
Scammers are most likely to deploy deepfake content in business email compromise (BEC)-style attacks with artificial intelligence(AI) powered voice audio and video cloning used to deceive recipients into complying with the threat actors’ request, usually large volume fund transfers. In a recent high-profile case, British engineering firm Arup confirmed it was the victim of a serious deepfake scam after one of its Hong Kong-based employees was misled into sending$25 million to fraudsters. Other findings in the report found that 79% of businesses experienced an information security issue caused by a third-party company or supply chain partner, up 22% from the research gathered last year.
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