Hong Kong amaphoyisa wembula isikimu sokukhwabanisa se-cryptocurrency esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-deepfake obubiza i-43 million USD. Kuboshwe abantu abangu-27, okubalwa nabaphothule enyuvesi.
Abakhohlisi basebenzise ubuhlakani bokufakelwa ukufaka esikhundleni sobuso kumakholi wevidiyo, bezenza abesifazane abakhangayo. Lokhu kwabasiza ukuthi bathole ukwethenjwa yizisulu kulo lonke elase-Asia, okubalwa kuzo iSingapore, China, Taiwan, ne-India. Ngemuva kokuthola ukwethenjwa, babezoncenga izisulu ukuthi zitshale imali ku-cryptocurrency, zibonisa imibiko yenzuzo yenkohliso.
Ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa, amaphoyisa athatha amaselula, amakhompyutha, amawashi okunethezeka nemali. Abantu ababoshiwe babekwe icala lokukhwabanisa.