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Thieves used voice-mimicking software to imitate a company executive’s speech and dupe his subordinate into sending $243,000 to a secret account

Posted by spit-evil-olive-tips
Tags: artificial intelligence, deepfakes, fraud, crime, theft, author.drew harwell, source.the washington post, paywall.hard
https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/

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Title
An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft
Authors
Drew Harwell
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1453 words

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    spit-evil-olive-tips
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    As a random note, I love side-channel information leaks: Some trivial googling turns up a guy named Johannes who's CEO of E.ON, an energy company that has a UK subsidiary.

    As a random note, I love side-channel information leaks:

    ...said representatives from the French insurance giant Euler Hermes, which declined to name the company.

    ...an email from the employee tricked by what the insurer is referring to internally as “the false Johannes.”

    Some trivial googling turns up a guy named Johannes who's CEO of E.ON, an energy company that has a UK subsidiary.

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    1. onyxleopard
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      In the near future, knowledge graphs and identity resolution models are going to make this kind of thing automatic. We'll need to have models do a second pass over documents just make sure...

      In the near future, knowledge graphs and identity resolution models are going to make this kind of thing automatic. We'll need to have models do a second pass over documents just make sure sensitive information isn't leaking.

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