Deepfake fraud losses hit US$3.7B as scams spread beyond social media

Deepfake fraud is no longer a fringe cybercrime problem built around crude celebrity videos or novelty face swaps. New data tracking publicly reported incidents from January 2020 to June 2026 shows recorded global losses have reached US$3.7 billion, with the sharpest acceleration coming in the past 18 months. The findings were revealed by a study […] The post Deepfake fraud losses hit US$3.7B as scams spread beyond social media appeared first on e27 .