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Re:Finance worker pays out $25M after VC with deepfake CFO by blibble on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:05AM (#39251343)
I think you underestimate the scale here, a "multi-million" dollar transaction is something that happens tens of thousands of times a day

> Regardless, approvals for multi-million transfers require a higher level of process and approval.

if you say so

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Re:Finance worker pays out $25M after VC with deepfake CFO by cjalmeida on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:59AM (#39251955)
Maybe, but those multi-million transfers are usually going to known trusted counterparties (other brokers, bank treasuries), not random vendor accounts.
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