FBI warning: crooks are using deepfake videos in interviews for remote gigs

From theregister.com

The US FBI issued a warning on Tuesday that it was has received increasing numbers of complaints relating to the use of deepfake videos during interviews for tech jobs that involve access to sensitive systems and information.

The deepfake videos include a video image or recording convincingly manipulated to misrepresent someone as the “applicant” for jobs that can be performed remotely. The Bureau reports the scam has been tried on jobs for developers, “database, and software-related job functions”. Some of the targeted jobs required access to customers’ personal information, financial data, large databases and/or proprietary information.

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