Employee Duped by AI-Generated CFO in $25.6M Deepfake Scam

**Executive Summary:** A multinational company's Hong Kong office suffered a major financial loss after an employee was deceived by a convincing deepfake video call impersonating the CFO and other staff, resulting in approximately HK$200 million (≈US$25.6M) being transferred to unauthorized accounts; the report highlights growing deepfake sophistication, related cases of facial-recognition circumvention and crypto scams, and calls for improved employee training and defenses.