A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfakes of his coworkers on a video call: police

• A company lost $25 million after an employee was tricked by deepfake versions of his colleagues, Hong Kong police say.
• The person had attended a video call with deepfakes of the firm's UK-based CFO and other colleagues. 
• Hong Kong police said scammers created the deepfakes based on publicly available video.

Scammers made off with about $25 million after they used deepfake technology to trick an employee at the Hong Kong branch of a multinational company, local media reported on Sunday, citing the city's police.