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$25M lost to a deepfake video-call CEO

Arup · 2024

Organisation
Arup
Year
2024
Failure mode
Deepfake social engineering
Severity
critical
Source
Hong Kong police, 2024

What happened

A finance employee approved transfers after a video call with deepfaked executives.

What would have prevented it

Out-of-band verification + approval controls on payments

Requirements this maps to

Editorial cross-reference from our prevention note — it is not a finding that any law was breached.