{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0027",
 "slug": "deepfake-cfo-scam-costs-multinational-engineering-firm-arup",
 "title": "Deepfake CFO Scam Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million",
 "summary": "Fraudsters used deepfake video technology to impersonate a company CFO during a video call, tricking an employee into transferring $25 million. The multinational engineering firm suffered a significant financial loss.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "enterprise_deployment"
 ],
 "products": [
  "deepfake"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-02-02",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-02-02",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/634",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Alleged Deepfake CFO Scam Reportedly Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million",
   "published_at": "2024-02-02"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "social_engineering"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}