Will Law Firms Get Hooked By Deepfake Phone Phishing?
Law firms may not present ideal targets for phone-based phishing schemes, but the increasingly mobile nature of most lawyers could place a greater emphasis on training for dealing with suspicious calls.
September 19, 2019 at 09:30 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legal Tech News
Law firms are no stranger to phishing schemes. Just ask Ostroff Injury Law in Philadelphia, which almost forked over $100,000 in settlement funds to a scammer leveraging a fake Facebook page and a non-existent dog bite.
Now, even a phone call from the boss could be a cause for suspicion. The Wall Street Journal published a report in late August about a bad actor who used AI voice technology to create a "deepfake" impersonation of a high-ranking executive at a U.K.-based energy firm directing the company's CEO to transfer approximately $243,000 to a Hungarian bank account.
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