Virtual Kidnapping: AI Tools Are Enabling IRL Extortion Scams

Nov. 6, 2023, 9:35 p.m. | Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading

With AI and publicly available data, cybercriminals have the resources they need to fake a real-life kidnapping and make you believe it.

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