He Wired $25M After a Video Call With His Boss. His Boss Wasn't There.

Mom, Don't Wire That Money: The 6-Word Rule That Stops a $1M Deepfake Cold

Judy Skene was an elderly widow with no children. She saw a video on Facebook. In it, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney was promoting a crypto investment. The Prime Minister nev Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/mom-dont-wire-that-money-the-6-word-rule-that-stops-a-1m-deepfake-cold

Your Face Is Now Your Boarding Pass. Good Luck Getting It Back.

A hundred million times, someone has walked through an Indian airport and let a camera be their boarding pass. No paper. No ID held up to a gate agent. Just a face — scanned, matched, and waved through. Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-face-is-now-your-boarding-pass-good-luck-getting-it-back

Your 94% Face Match Just Became a €35M Problem

A facial match can read ninety-four percent — and still cost a company thirty-five million euros. Not because the match was wrong. Because nobody wrote down why they trusted it. That gap, between a nu Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-94-face-match-just-became-a-35m-problem

Your Face, Your Kid's Passport, Their Database: The Age-Check Question Nobody Answers

When your kid registers for a fencing tournament, they now have to open a camera and hold up a birth certificate. A computer reads the date, confirms their age, and lets them in. But nobody in that pr Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-face-your-kids-passport-their-database-the-age-check-question-nobody-answer

He Wired $25M After a Video Call With His Boss. His Boss Wasn't There.

A finance worker sat down for a video call with the company's chief financial officer. Senior managers were on the screen too. By the end of that call, the worker had wired out twenty-five million dol Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/he-wired-25m-after-a-video-call-with-his-boss-his-boss-wasnt-there