Hong Kong raises alert on AI voices as 150 WhatsApp hijackings lead to HK$26m losses

Hong Kong police have recorded 150 WhatsApp account hijacking cases in the past two weeks, with total losses exceeding HK$26 million (US$3.31 million), including one in which a victim was scammed out of HK$10 million by fraudsters impersonating his father. In a social media post on Wednesday, the force’s Cyberdefender platform warned residents against “blindly” trusting voice messages as fraudsters were using artificial intelligence (AI) to imitate loved ones after compromising their...