https://blog.it-learn.io/tags/ai-threats/Recent content in Ai-Threats on it-learn.io | IT, Networking & Cybersecurity BlogHugoen-usSun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.it-learn.io/posts/2026-05-03-deepfake-ceo-fraud-voice-cloning-social-engineering/Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.it-learn.io/posts/2026-05-03-deepfake-ceo-fraud-voice-cloning-social-engineering/<p>In 2019, attackers called the CEO of a UK-based energy company&rsquo;s subsidiary. The voice on the line was indistinguishable from the parent company&rsquo;s chief executive — same accent, same cadence, same conversational rhythm. The caller instructed the subsidiary CEO to urgently wire €220,000 (approximately $243,000 USD) to a Hungarian supplier. The wire went through. The voice was AI-generated.</p> <p>That incident was the opening shot of a category of fraud that has since grown into a multi-billion-dollar threat. In 2024, a Hong Kong finance employee watched a video call in which his CFO and several colleagues authorized a $25.6 million transfer. Every person on that call was a deepfake. The money was gone within hours.</p>