---
title: "Study: 10% of Companies Have Been Targeted by Deepfakes"
metaTitle: "Companies Targeted by Deepfakes"
description: "Vishing attacks armed with deepfake media are surprisingly common, and companies are less prepared to defend themselves than one might hope."
slug: companies-targeted-by-deepfakes
date: "2024-06-26T12:00:00-05:00"
featured: true
image:
  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/companies-targeted-by-deepfakes.webp"
  alt: An obviously AI-generated image of a woman talking on a phone with a big smile.
sourcePublisher:
  name: Tech.Co
  url: tech.co
sourceArticle:
  url: "https://tech.co/news/deepfakes-threat-companies-study"
tags: [AI, Cybersecurity, Deepfake]
status: published
---

## One in 10 of the business leaders surveyed said that their company has faced attempted deepfake frauds.

US businesses are seeing an increased risk of deepfake scams, with one in 10 surveyed executives saying that their companies had been targeted.

That number looks more worrying when combined with another statistic from the study that indicated more than half of those business leaders reported that their employees lacked training in identifying or preventing deepfake attacks.

It’s yet more ammunition in the arsenal of those who are wary of the accelerating use of AI, with the list of AI errors, mistakes and failures ever growing...