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@dang can you change the title to:

Finance worker pays out $25M after vid call with deepfake CFO

Edit: maybe not zoom




It's most expedient to email hn@ycombinator.com for things like this.


Thanks, sent.


Done!


Where does it say it was Zoom?


Hoover, Walkman, Sellotape, Google, Bandaid, Kleenex…


As long as they're with upper case you make the correct distinction: these are brands or trade names, not verbs or nouns. 'Zoom' isn't even close to that level. Besides their software utterly sucks.


A good list of words that people make similar mistakes with…


Mistake? I’m confused. It’s not a grammatical or syntax issue.

Some of those words are even in the dictionary…




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