Cybercrooks use AI, launch bot-based attacks

A Pune-based real estate firm was recently duped out of ₹4 crore when cybercriminals, masquerading as its chairman, tricked an accounts officer into transferring company funds into fraudulent bank accounts. At the local unit of a multinational company, the finance controller fell prey to a similar scam running into crores of rupees when the chief financial officer was on a holiday.