Deepfakes usually sit somewhere between cybercrime and social engineering. That’s where things get messy.<\/p>\n
A criminal might use AI to copy an executive’s voice and persuade an employee to approve a payment. The actual loss happens because someone was tricked into authorizing the transfer, not because a hacker broke into the company’s network<\/p>\n
\u2022 A separate social engineering limit, which can be much lower than the main cyber limit.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Verification rules may apply, especially if the payment instruction came through an unusual channel.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Employee involvement isn’t automatically fatal to a claim, although the exact policy wording decides where the line sits.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Some policies require prompt notification after the fraud is discovered, and waiting around can make an already awkward claim worse.<\/p>\n
The technology is moving faster than many employees can recognize it. A suspicious email used to have obvious clues. A convincing voice call feels different because people naturally trust what they hear.<\/p>\n
And once synthetic video becomes good enough, “I knew it was fake” isn’t a very realistic security strategy.<\/p>\n
Cyber insurance can provide valuable protection, but only when the policy matches the way the fraud actually happened. If your biggest concern is an AI-generated executive impersonation leading to a payment, don’t stop at the words “cyber coverage.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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