A new battleground: Why companies need a digital bodyguard

New cybersecurity threats and the targeting of senior executives have prompted businesses to adopt a ‘whole of organisation’ approach.

Ben Powell

Jul 23, 2024 – 5.01am

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Senior executives and employees across Australian organisations are working as a united team to create a “people-led” defence against a surge in increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks that use AI and deepfakes.

Hackers are using AI to create deepfakes – highly realistic videos and audios – that impersonate employees. They are also launching phishing attacks to target individuals using personal information that AI has scraped from social media and online sources.