Colombia on alert over fraud using voice cloning and deepfakes targeting the banking sector
Authorities and specialized firms have detected a rise in Colombia of crimes using voice cloning and hyperrealistic videos (deepfakes) to deceive citizens and access confidential information. According to reports from the National Police and technology consultancies, fraudulent calls impersonating the voices of relatives or executives of financial institutions have grown substantially. Attackers use short audio fragments taken from social media to replicate voices and then claim financial emergencies or bank password validations.
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- Cybercrimes using voice cloning and deepfakes are rising in Colombia, according to the National Police and technology consultancies.
- Attackers extract audio fragments from social media to replicate the voices of relatives or bank executives.
- The fraudulent calls claim financial emergencies or bank password validations.
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