Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Hong Kong Company deepfake (Oct 2025)
An employee in Hong Kong approved a $25 million transfer after a video call with what looked and sounded like his leadership team. The "executives" approving the transfer were fake, created using deepfake technology.
- Incident date
- Oct 2025
- Target
- Hong Kong Company
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
An employee in Hong Kong approved a $25 million transfer after a video call with what looked and sounded like his leadership team. The "executives" approving the transfer were fake, created using deepfake technology.