Internet fraud

On Tuesday, local time, Europol issued a warning that AI is fueling organized crime and further exacerbating security threats, the Associated Press reported. The newly released "EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessment 2025" report states that crimes such as cyber fraud and hacking are threatening society and the rule of law. the misuse of AI has led to a significant increase in child sexual abuse material on the internet, making it more difficult for the police to analyze images, track down and identify criminals. 1AI has learned from the report that criminals use highly realistic synthetic images to deceive victims, impersonate others, and even discredit or blackmail their targets.A...

February 24 news, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Minhang Branch recently reported the detection of a "love dating" in the name of telecommunication network fraud, smashed a 10-person fraud gang, involving funds of more than 2 million yuan, the corresponding criminal gangs mainly use AI to generate "Miss" photo and video content, and then use the same set of dialogue "script" to nearly 1,000 men around the country to implement "streaming" fraud. The corresponding criminal gang mainly used AI to generate "Miss" photo video content in the short video platform to attract traffic, and then use the same set of conversation "script", nearly a thousand men around the country to implement "streaming" fraud. ▲ criminal gangs using AI generated "ID card" It is reported that in August 2024, Mr. Liu, a citizen of Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Minhang Branch Criminal Investigation Detachment reported ...

Jan. 2 - British insurer Beazley and e-commerce giant eBay are warning of a surge in cyber-scam emails using personal information that is likely to have been obtained through AI analysis of social networks and online profiles, the Financial Times reported today. The rise of AI bots has made it easier to commit advanced cybercrime, and company executives are being hit hard by AI-generated, highly personalized phishing scams. "It's getting worse and extremely targeted, which is why we suspect AI is behind...