A worker lost $25M to a deepfake call, reviving demand for human verification
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-23
A finance worker was recently tricked into wiring $25 million after joining a video call where every other participant was a deepfake.
The thread argues the internet now needs a new trust layer: a private, reliable way to verify that a real human is behind a call, message, review, or transaction, as voice and video become easier to fake.
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