The mayors of Berlin, Vienna and Madrid were scammed by a deep fake by the mayor of Kiev, Klitschko-Corriere.it
Someone who seems – in appearance and voice – the mayor of the Ukrainian capital called some important European colleagues, who only noticed the scam after a long time: “It’s a criminal activity,” said the real Klitschko.
That the war triggered by the Russia versus Ukraine we are fighting even far from the traditional – and very bloody – battlefields it is clear from the first hours of the conflict. So much so that it seems that this war has changed cybercrime, perhaps forever.
New evidence comes from the report of a sensational case of fraud against the mayors of Berlin, Vienna and Madrid.
The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschkohe explained that someone who resembles him in appearance and voice has led some video calls with your colleagues.
“Several mayors of Europe have been contacted by fake Klitschko saying absurd things,” the mayor of Kiev told the German newspaper. Bild. It is, he added, one “criminal” activity: “We urgently need to investigate those responsible”.
The mayor of Berlin, Franziska Giffey, said he took part in a video call on the Webex platform with someone who looked, through and through, Klitschko. “There were no signs that speaking was not a real person,” his office said in a statement. After 15 minutes, the conversation took a suspicious turn because the “fake Klitschko” has begun to demand the return of Ukrainian refugees to Germany to be able to enlist them. Exploiting an interruption in the connection, the mayor contacted the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, who confirmed through a series of calls in Kiev that the one on video was not the real mayor of the Ukrainian capital. «We believe we are dealing with a deepfakeSaid the mayor’s office.
A dynamic similarity involved the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martinez-Almeida.
The mayor of Vienna, Michele Ludovico, tweeted Wednesday that he had talked at length with the mayor of Kiev, but the tweet was canceled on Saturday: the mayor’s office of the Austrian capital then issued a statement explaining that the mayor was the victim of “a serious episode of cybercrime “. “Fortunately we have not dealt with particularly sensitive issues,” said the mayor.
The mayor of Berlin called the technique used “a new instrument of war”.
“Pay attention to how the appointments with me are defined,” said Klitschko. “Official conversations are established only through official channels.”
June 25, 2022 (change June 25, 2022 | 19:15)
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