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WiseTech Global CEO Richard White Reportedly Deepfaked in Multiple Attempts to Scam Staffers
- Occurred
- May 21, 2024
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
WiseTech Global's CEO, Richard White, was targeted in multiple deepfake scam attempts where unknown actors used AI to create videos of him requesting money from staff members via WhatsApp. These repeated attempts were identified by the employees, who realized they were not speaking to the real CEO.
Developers
- Deepfake creators
Deployers
- Scammers
- Deepfake creators
Harmed parties
- WiseTech Global
- Richard White
Tags
- Extortion
- Deepfake
- Video
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated video used to impersonate CEO for fraud, fitting deepfake category with medium severity due to attempted but thwarted scams.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8