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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Ingrid Lunden and Assaf Rappaport, Co-Founder & CEO of Wiz, speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Day 1 at Moscone Center on October 28, 2024 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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Even cybersecurity companies are n’t safe from deepfake attacks .

speak onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco , Wiz ’s CEO and co - laminitis Assaf Rappaport , whorecently turn down a $ 23 billion accomplishment offerfrom Google , note that his employee had been targeted by a deepfake onset just two weeks ago .

“ rafts of my employee get a voice message from me , ” he explain . “ The attack tried to get their certification . ”

The squad caught on that something was n’t ripe , however , because the drudge had cover down audio of the CEO ’s spokesperson from a conference to create the deepfake .

Because he has public speaking anxiety , Rappaport ’s vox from the event did n’t go like the day - to - sidereal day voice that his employees were familiar with .

“ That ’s how they were able-bodied to say , ‘ That does n’t go like Assaf . ’ ”

The company could trace where the phonation came from but was n’t capable to settle who was behind the attempt .

“ That ’s why cyberattacks are so beneficial [ for the attacker ]   … the risk of exposure of getting caught is very lowly , ” Rappaport observe .

During the interview , the Colorado - laminitis also spoke extensively aboutwhy Wiz turned down the Google passel , order they believed the electric potential in the cloud security grocery store was a $ 100 billion opportunity .

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