Deepfakes – the artificial-intelligence derived technique of mapping one dance onto another – have been causing concerns for some time now.Artificially intelligent tech used for creating deepfakes is famous for creating the de-ageing Luke Skywalker or making Tom Cruise pick fights with Justin Bieber but is now being used to aid cybercriminals with serious heists.
According to Futurism.com, criminals used AI voice cloning to steal $35 million from a United Arab Emirates bank in early 2020.The scammers used a manipulated voice of a company executive to fool a bank manager into transferring millions to them.Posing as the boss, the scammers said his company was about to make an acquisition and needed the money.The bank manager had allegedly.
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