Corporate deepfake attacks have two vectors: financial fraud, deepfake audio/video of executives authorizing wire transfers, and reputation attacks, intimate deepfakes targeting executives personally. The financial fraud component is handled by corporate security and law enforcement. The intimate image component, which may be used for sextortion or public reputation damage, can be discovered with ScanErase.

Executive deepfake NCII attacks

Hostile actors create intimate deepfakes of corporate executives to damage reputation before hostile takeovers, contract disputes, or media campaigns. Competitors, former employees, and anonymous actors have all been documented using deepfake intimate imagery as a corporate weapon.

The sextortion component

Executive deepfakes combined with sextortion demands are a documented attack vector. The deepfake provides artificial evidence to support extortion demands. Discovering NCII deepfakes can help in addressing this issue.

Corporate response protocol

Corporate responses to executive deepfake attacks should include immediate scanning with ScanErase, internal notification to legal counsel and communications, and coordination with law enforcement for the criminal component.

Frequently asked questions

Should executives scan for deepfakes proactively?

Yes. ScanErase supports periodic re-scans to identify deepfake content before it can be exploited in an attack.

Who handles the financial fraud component of executive deepfake attacks?

Financial deepfake fraud, wire transfers, CEO impersonation, is handled by corporate security teams, your bank's fraud department, and the FBI's Business Email Compromise unit. ScanErase discovers and reports on the intimate image component.

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