AI-Driven Cybercrime: The Next Global Security Challenge

Imagine receiving a video call. It’s your company’s Chief Financial Officer, along with several other familiar senior colleagues. The connection is clear, their voices and mannerisms instantly recognizable. They instruct you, with convincing urgency, to process a series of confidential payments totalling $25 million. You comply. Only later do you discover the chilling truth: the faces and voices on the call were entirely fabricated by artificial intelligence. This isn’t a far-fetched movie plot; it was the reality for a finance worker at the multinational firm Arup in early 2024, a stark illustration of a new, rapidly escalating global threat: AI-driven cybercrime.

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