Gartner: 41% of CISOs Hit by Deepfakes in Audio Calls This Year

Gartner published its AI-driven Social Engineering Attacks report based on a survey of 297 senior cybersecurity leaders. 41% reported a deepfake incident in an audio call, 36% in a video call, and 79% reported phishing or BEC in the past 12 months.

• 41% of CISOs saw a deepfake in an audio call over 12 months
• 36% reported a deepfake during a video call
• 79% faced phishing, spearphishing or BEC
• Gartner urges updating playbooks for multimodal deepfakes