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title: Tip: a face and voice on a call no longer prove it's your CEO, so require a callback to an on-file number and a second approver for every new-payee wire | ctxsec
url: https://ctxsec.com/items/tip-deepfake-ceo-wire-callback-on-file-number-two-approvers
description: "The SDNY case describes AI-cloned CEOs and fake law-firm attorneys pushing 'confidential deal' wires. Process controls, not spotting the fake, are what stop it."
status: "operational guidance (SDNY indictment details, Nov 5)"
published: 2026-11-07
---

> The SDNY case describes AI-cloned CEOs and fake law-firm attorneys pushing 'confidential deal' wires. Process controls, not spotting the fake, are what stop it.

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operational guidance (SDNY indictment details, Nov 5)

2026-11-07

### Tip: a face and voice on a call no longer prove it's your CEO, so require a callback to an on-file number and a second approver for every new-payee wire

- Finance rule: no new beneficiary or changed bank details without a callback to a number from your own records, not one given on the call or in the email.
- Two people approve wires above a set amount; 'keep this confidential' is a reason to escalate, not to skip steps.
- Agree a private verbal code or ticket number for executive payment requests.
- Ask your bank for payee-name checks and holds on first-time international wires.

Sources: [U.S. Attorney's Office SDNY press release, Nov 5 (DOJ text via Forth mirror)](https://www.forth.news/lists/doj/CgkUWVfdtkLmpLy6EC3bK)