Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT have extensive business value. They can write content, clean up context, mimic writing styles and tone, and more.
But what if bad actors abuse these capabilities to create highly convincing, targeted and automated phishing messages at scale? No need to wonder as it’s already happening. Not long after the launch of ChatGPT, business email compromise (BEC) attacks, which are language-based, increased across the globe.
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