{"slug": "how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-billions", "title": "How AI-Powered Business Email Compromise Scams Are Stealing Billions", "summary": "Business Email Compromise scams, increasingly powered by AI, deepfakes, and voice cloning, are costing companies billions, according to a Forbes report by Steve Weisman. The report highlights how criminals are using these technologies to commit fraud and urges businesses to adopt protective measures.", "body_md": "# How AI-Powered Business Email Compromise Scams Are Stealing Billions\n\nBy Steve Weisman, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Business Email Compromise scams cost companies billions. Criminals are use AI, deepfakes and\n\n[voice cloning](/glossary/voice-cloning)to commit fraud. Learn how businesses can protect themselves.Get AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-billions", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-x7vc", "published_at": "2026-08-08 17:12:16+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-09 12:31:33.722429+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Steve Weisman"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-billions", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-billions.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-billions.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-ai-powered-business-email-compromise-scams-are-stealing-billions.jsonld"}}