{
 "id": "p2026-09-06-145",
 "received": "2026-09-06T09:39:39-04:00",
 "proposer": "researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, era-2024-2026",
 "kind": "entry",
 "sha": "190f491e8f981ca7",
 "data": {
  "kind": "entry",
  "tech": "generative-fraud",
  "tech_name": "Deepfake video-conference fraud (Arup, Hong Kong)",
  "definition": "generative video and voice models fit to public recordings of named executives",
  "from": "2024-02-02",
  "region": "other:HK",
  "domain": "safety",
  "side": "loss",
  "people": {
   "n": 1,
   "unit": "finance employee deceived (one multinational firm)",
   "date": "2024-02"
  },
  "effect": {
   "n": 25000000,
   "unit": "USD",
   "date": "2024-02",
   "what": "transferred to fraudsters after a video call in which the other participants were AI-generated"
  },
  "reversible": false,
  "switch": "nobody",
  "statistic": "In February 2024 a finance employee at Arup in Hong Kong made 15 transfers totalling about HK$200 million (about US$25.6 million) after a video conference in which the CFO and colleagues were deepfakes; Hong Kong police confirmed the case.",
  "source": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/634/",
  "quote": "A finance employee at the multinational engineering firm Arup was reportedly deceived into transferring $25 million by fraudsters",
  "attribution": "named",
  "source_kind": "secondary"
 },
 "from_file": "impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-era-2024-2026.md"
}