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The FBI warned that hackers might be using deepfakes to apply for remote work jobs.
There has been an increase in complaints alleging that unknown parties used “deepfakes and stolen Personally Identifiable Information” to apply for an assortment of remote jobs, according to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. Most of the complaints appeared to involve information technology, database, and software-related jobs, including positions that may have access to sensitive data.
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“Complaints report the use of voice spoofing, or potentially voice deepfakes, during online interviews of the potential applicants,” the center said in a press statement. “In these interviews, the actions and lip movement of the person seen interviewed on-camera do not completely coordinate with the audio of the person speaking. At times, actions such as coughing, sneezing, or other auditory actions are not aligned with what is presented visually.” It is unclear how common this practice is, only that it appears to be on the rise.
These applicants also used stolen personal information to apply, according to the FBI. The information’s nature was later determined to be stolen through background checks.
The FBI warnings come as more workers have begun demanding the option of remote work. Roughly 6 in 10 U.S. workers said that their jobs could be done from home all or most of the time, according to a February 2022 Pew Research Center report.
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Deepfakes are thought to present security risks, particularly concerning the spreading of misinformation through falsified images of political leaders. This, mixed with other data concerns, led Google to ban deepfake training projects quietly on its online computing resource Colab.
