The ‘synthetic insider’: how AI deepfakes turned the fake employee into a corporate threat
The most dangerous person in your company might not work there at all. AI deepfakes are getting cheaper and better. Hackers now use them to pose as trusted staff, a threat the industry calls the “synthetic insider.” The tactic sits at the sharp end of an old problem. Insider threats run from a worker emailing […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
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