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Fortune
Sheryl Estrada

Finance execs are the new targets of deepfake videos

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It’s no secret that AI-generated hyper-realistic impersonations known as deepfakes have become more sophisticated. 

Last year, it was a wake-up call when a finance worker was duped by a fraudulent AI-digitally manipulated video featuring a deepfake of the firm’s CFO ordering money transfers that cost the Hong Kong-based company millions. But now fraudsters are imitating prominent finance professionals on Instagram. 

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