Voice-cloning scam at Intesa Sanpaolo leads to €95 million in transfers
Fraudsters used AI to imitate the voices of executives at Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo in WhatsApp calls and, according to reports, triggered €95 million in transfers abroad. The case was reported on 25–26 September 2026.
Who is affected and how
- banking professional
- Transfer instructions based on executive calls must be confirmed through an independent call-back.
- chief financial officer
- The approval chain for exceptional, urgent transfer requests should be extended with multi-step verification.
Sources
- AI messaging scam costs Italy's top bank Intesa millions, sources sayreuters · Sep 25, 2026
- AI messaging scam costs Italy's top bank Intesa millions, sources say | livelive.euronext.com · Sep 25, 2026
- AI messaging scam costs Italy's top bank Intesa millions, sources say | KSL.comksl.com · Sep 25, 2026
- Italy’s top bank loses millions due to AI scam: report | The Daily Starthedailystar.net · Sep 26, 2026
- Italy's largest bank loses $108M in AI scamnewsbytes · Sep 26, 2026
- Grootste bank van Italië verliest 95 miljoen euro aan oplichters die met AI de stem van CEO nabootsten | VRT NWS Nieuwsvrt.be · Sep 25, 2026 · magyar
- Deepfake-stem kost bank Fideuram 95 miljoen euroai-radar.be · Sep 25, 2026 · magyar
- Italiaanse bank voor miljoenen opgelicht met deepfake-stemnos.nl · Sep 26, 2026
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