{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0065",
 "slug": "scammers-target-wisetech-global-staff-with-deepfake-video-ca",
 "title": "Scammers Target WiseTech Global Staff with Deepfake Video Calls Impersonating CEO",
 "summary": "Fraudsters created synthetic video impersonations of WiseTech Global CEO Richard White to solicit fraudulent money transfers from employees via WhatsApp. Staff members recognized discrepancies in the communications and prevented financial loss.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "enterprise_deployment",
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "WhatsApp"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-05-21",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-05-21",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/783",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "WiseTech Global CEO Richard White Reportedly Deepfaked in Multiple Attempts to Scam Staffers",
   "published_at": "2024-05-21"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.96,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "ceo-fraud",
  "bec",
  "whatsapp",
  "social-engineering"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}