Deepfake case study · Video
Arup, a global engineering firm deepfake (Aug 2025)
A finance employee at Arup was tricked into transferring $25 million after joining a video call with what appeared to be the CFO and colleagues. Everyone on the video call, allegedly the CFO and colleagues, was a…
- Incident date
- Aug 2025
- Target
- Arup, a global engineering firm
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A finance employee at Arup was tricked into transferring $25 million after joining a video call with what appeared to be the CFO and colleagues. Everyone on the video call, allegedly the CFO and colleagues, was a deepfake. Attackers used publicly available media to create convincing replicas.