[September 28th] Italy’s biggest private bank wires $108M to scammers who clone a lawyer’s voice with AI
Fraudsters using AI to impersonate senior executives stole €95 million (US$108 million) from Fideuram, the private banking arm of Italy’s biggest lender Intesa Sanpaolo, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. More than half the funds were later recovered, but some €36 million remains missing, the sources said. The scheme, first reported by …
[September 27th] Philippines suspends LPG, kerosene excise over Mideast war
The Philippines has temporarily suspended excise duties on petroleum products used for cooking as it struggles to deal with soaring fuel costs from the Middle East war. The temporary suspension covers liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the country’s main fuel for cooking, as well as kerosene, according to an executive order released to the media on …
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[September 26th] 221 passengers evacuate Air Seoul flight to Vietnam after fire breaks out in bag, power bank suspected
A suspected power bank fire broke out aboard a Da Nang-bound Air Seoul flight carrying 221 passengers as it prepared to take off from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport on the night of Sept. 24. Smoke began rising from a bag a passenger had stowed under a seat on flight RS511 at around 9 p.m. …