Top WPP advertising executive hit by scammers using voice cloning attack

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Hackers recently tried to scam WPP executives into giving away sensitive information and money. 

As reported by the Financial Times, the scam was quite elaborate, and used a combination of deepfake videos and AI voice software to trick the executives into thinking they were discussing a business venture with their peers.