An engineering giant behind Apple's HQ and the Sydney Opera House lost $25 million when scammers tricked an employee with a deepfake of a senior exec

• Scammers used deepfakes to trick an employee at engineering firm Arup into handing over $25 million.
• The Hong Kong office employee believed that they were on a video call with the company's CFO.
• Deepfake scams are becoming more prevalent with advancements made in AI.

Scammers used deepfakes to trick an employee in the Hong Kong office of a major international corporation earlier this year, costing the firm $25 million.

News of the scam was first reported in February, but the company involved was not named.