Deepfake case study · Audio
Manager at a UK-based energy firm deepfake (Jan 2026)
Fraudsters used a deepfake voice to mimic the CEO of a German parent company and convinced a manager at a UK-based energy firm to wire â¬220,000 (about $243,000) as an âurgentâ transfer.
- Incident date
- Jan 2026
- Target
- Manager at a UK-based energy firm
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Fraudsters used a deepfake voice to mimic the CEO of a German parent company and convinced a manager at a UK-based energy firm to wire â¬220,000 (about $243,000) as an âurgentâ transfer.