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Here's the report this story is about: https://www.interpol.int/Media/Documents/Publications/Cybercrime/African-Cyberthreat-Assessment-Report-2026 https://www.i

by simonw 3mo ago

Here's the report this story is about: https://www.interpol.int/Media/Documents/Publications/Cybercrime/African-Cyberthreat-Assessment-Report-2026 https://www.interpol.int/Media/Documents/Publications/Cyberc... (PDF) Page 24 is where the AI stuff starts being described in detail.

bobajeff 3mo ago
>Access to this site was denied for security reasons. Please contact your network or system administrator Is what I see. Which makes sense I guess. Maybe just tell me how you got to the page?
- deleted 3mo ago
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- gruez 3mo ago
  Works for me with VPN enabled. Might just be your IP is blocked.
  - giancarlostoro 3mo ago
    Dunno first time I have ever been on that domain, I think the direct link to the PDF gets you blacklisted, I can navigate the rest of the site just fine. The PDF is linked here, which you can get to this article from the front page: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2026/INTERPOL-report-finds-AI-linked-to-more-than-half-of-cybercrime-in-Africa https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2026/INTERPOL-...
    - bobajeff 3mo ago
      Thanks, That worked.
      - giancarlostoro 3mo ago
        The irony is it doesn't work for me no matter what I do now.
j-conn 3mo ago
So deepfakes and “AI was also used to generate synthetic identities that bypassed KYC checks, craft hyper-personalized phishing lures tailored to individual victims, and produce AI-driven malware capable of evading signature-based detection.” Our most vulnerable must be getting absolutely hammered by scams. Is anyone working on protecting e.g. elderly people from social engineering? I feel like banks should be proactively suggesting people have a second family member or fiduciary sign off on risky transactions like wiring money to new accounts or pulling out a ton of cash. I was recently on the phone with a very articulate member of my banks fraud department, or at least I believed they were up until they asked for my two factor code to reset my account. They had visibility into some past legitimate wire transfers which they asked me about along with a fictitious fraudulent one that they “blocked“, and when I pushed back against giving them my two factor code, they had a whole script prepared about needing to freeze my account until I went to a branch with four forms of identification (or just give us the two factor code and avoid the hassle). An acquaintance wired their down payment to a scammer after the real estate firms email system was compromised and scammer inserted their own wire instructions. Not to mention reports of mythos directly hacking into banking systems. Scary times.

by simonw 3mo ago

bobajeff 3mo ago

>Access to this site was denied for security reasons. Please contact your network or system administrator Is what I see. Which makes sense I guess. Maybe just tell me how you got to the page?

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gruez 3mo ago
Works for me with VPN enabled. Might just be your IP is blocked.
- giancarlostoro 3mo ago
  Dunno first time I have ever been on that domain, I think the direct link to the PDF gets you blacklisted, I can navigate the rest of the site just fine. The PDF is linked here, which you can get to this article from the front page: https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2026/INTERPOL-report-finds-AI-linked-to-more-than-half-of-cybercrime-in-Africa https://www.interpol.int/News-and-Events/News/2026/INTERPOL-...
  - bobajeff 3mo ago
    Thanks, That worked.
    - giancarlostoro 3mo ago
      The irony is it doesn't work for me no matter what I do now.

j-conn 3mo ago

So deepfakes and “AI was also used to generate synthetic identities that bypassed KYC checks, craft hyper-personalized phishing lures tailored to individual victims, and produce AI-driven malware capable of evading signature-based detection.” Our most vulnerable must be getting absolutely hammered by scams. Is anyone working on protecting e.g. elderly people from social engineering? I feel like banks should be proactively suggesting people have a second family member or fiduciary sign off on risky transactions like wiring money to new accounts or pulling out a ton of cash. I was recently on the phone with a very articulate member of my banks fraud department, or at least I believed they were up until they asked for my two factor code to reset my account. They had visibility into some past legitimate wire transfers which they asked me about along with a fictitious fraudulent one that they “blocked“, and when I pushed back against giving them my two factor code, they had a whole script prepared about needing to freeze my account until I went to a branch with four forms of identification (or just give us the two factor code and avoid the hassle). An acquaintance wired their down payment to a scammer after the real estate firms email system was compromised and scammer inserted their own wire instructions. Not to mention reports of mythos directly hacking into banking systems. Scary times.