Foreign spies may be using deepfakes to target China and its people, security ministry warns

Foreign spies may be using deepfakes to target China and its people, security ministry warns

Foreign spies could be using deepfake technology to threaten both individual and national security, China’s Ministry of State Security has warned. Deepfake tools, while finding application in general industries, could be exploited by espionage agencies as a new weapon for “cognitive warfare”, the ministry said in a statement on its social media account on Saturday. … Read more