Deepfake case study · Audio
CEO of UK energy company; Hong Kong merchant deepfake (Aug 2025)
The article discusses deepfake voice phishing and includes two examples: one where a CEO was scammed out of $243,000 after believing he was talking to his boss, and another where a Hong Kong merchant lost $18.5…
- Incident date
- Aug 2025
- Target
- CEO of UK energy company; Hong Kong merchant
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The article discusses deepfake voice phishing and includes two examples: one where a CEO was scammed out of $243,000 after believing he was talking to his boss, and another where a Hong Kong merchant lost $18.5 million in cryptocurrency after being impersonated by a financial manager over WhatsApp.