Scammers or criminals are using deepfakes and stolen personally identifiable information during online interviews for remote tech jobs, according to the FBI.
If you're interviewing someone over a video call and notice them sneezing or coughing without moving their face, it's probably a deepfake. The FBI is warning of an increase in criminals using deepfakes, combined with stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII), in interviews for tech jobs that allow access to sensitive customer data.
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Deepfakes have been around for a few years now. They were originally used to superimpose the faces of celebrities onto the bodies of adult actors to create a type of AIthat is banned on most platforms. The process has progressed ever since, leading to laws designed to protect against political and pornographic deepfakes and companies struggling to find ways to identify.
The warning issued by the FBI states that it has received more complaints about deepfakes being used in interviews for remote jobs, including those for information technology and computer programming, database and software-related jobs.
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Deepfakes involve a video image or recording designed to impersonate someone as a job candidate. To make themselves more convincing, these criminals often steal the PII of those they impersonate in order to pass any identity checks the potential employer.
The FBI writes that actions and lip movements often don't coordinate with the sound of the person speaking. "At times, actions such as coughing, sneezing, or other auditory actions don't align with what is presented visually," the agency said.
The ultimate goal is to get hired for the remote position, giving the impersonators access to customer PII, financial data , corporate IT databases , and proprietary information , which is then stolen.
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Fraudulent attacks on recruitment processes are not a new threat, but the use of deepfakes in interviews is new.
Information source: techspot.com
