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Ferrari CEO impersonated via AI Deepfake; Company manages to flight getting scammed
According to a media report, idiosyncratic tried to scam Ferrari by impersonating the company's CEO Benedetto Vigna, utilizing AI Deepfake.
As per reports, the scammer initially reached retired to a Ferrari enforcement via WhatsApp, pretending to beryllium the company's CEO, but utilizing a antithetic fig and photo. The idiosyncratic adjacent went a measurement further to acceptable up a video telephone utilizing AI Deepfake technology, wherein helium adjacent mimicked Vigna's dependable and accent.
However, inactive uncovering thing amiss, the exec asked the idiosyncratic to verify their individuality by naming a publication Vigna had precocious recommended to him. Of course, not knowing the answer, the scammer hung up the call, redeeming the institution from being scammed further.
Ferrari has present opened an interior investigation. Reports authorities that the scammer, posing arsenic Vigna, wanted to sermon a 'China-related deal' requiring a currency-hedge transaction - thing which tipped disconnected the executive, requiring him to inquire the question regarding the publication recommendation.
Source: Bloomberg
