Even cybersecurity companies are not safe from deepfake attacks.
Speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Wiz CEO and co-founder Assaf Rappaport, who recently turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Google, said just two weeks ago that his company's employees He said he was the target of a fake attack.
“Dozens of employees received voice messages from me,” he explained. “The attack attempted to obtain their credentials.”
But the team knew something was wrong as hackers were tracking audio of the CEO's voice from the conference to create a deepfake.
Because he has anxiety about public speaking, Rappaport's voice at events didn't sound like the everyday voice employees are used to hearing.
“That's how they could say, 'That's not like Assaf.'”
The company was able to track the source of the audio, but was unable to determine who was behind the attack.
“That's why cyberattacks are so beneficial.” [for the attackers]…The risk of getting caught is very low,” Rappaport said.
During the interview, the co-founder also detailed why Wiz turned down the deal with Google, saying he believes there is a $100 billion opportunity in the cloud security market potential.