Ledger / May 2024
WPP CEO impersonated with voice clone in fake Teams meeting
Confirmed
WPP confirmed the attempt to the Guardian, which describes a voice clone and YouTube footage.
Fraudsters set up a fake WhatsApp account with Mark Read's photo and a virtual meeting using a voice clone and YouTube footage to solicit money and details from an agency leader. Staff recognised the attempt.
“fraudsters impersonated WPP's CEO using a fake WhatsApp account, a voice clone and YouTube footage”The Guardian
Sources
- CEO of world's biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scamThe Guardian · 10 May 2024 · secondary source
- Date
- May 2024
- Disclosed
- 10 May 2024
- Actor
- unknown (criminal), as attributed by The Guardian
- Targets
- WPP (advertising)
- What the AI did
- Deepfake, Social engineering, Fraud
- Model
- unspecified voice-clone/deepfake tool
- Model family
- Deepfake / voice
- Model basis
- stated by victim
- Autonomy
- assist
- Outcome
- Attempt failed; no money lost per reporting.