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The Dilemma That Shook the Blockchain World, a Decade On

29 September 2026

ACM, Bitcoin, Blockchain, CCS Test of Time Award, Cybersecurity, Faculty, Faculty Award, Research

In February 2024, an employee at engineering firm Arup joined a video call with people who looked, sounded and moved exactly like the company’s CFO and several colleagues. All of them were deepfakes. Over the course of the call, the employee authorised 15 wire transfers totalling US$25.6 million to accounts controlled by scammers, a case later confirmed by Hong Kong Police. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center recorded more than US$893 million in adjusted losses from AI-related fraud complaints in 2025, according to a report the agency published in April 2026.

RF - Prateek Saxena - The Dilemma That Shook the Blockchain World

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Building Boldly in Rome: NUS Fintech Society Wins Big at ETHRome 25

19 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Business Analytics, DeFi, Department of Business Analytics, Department of Computer Science, FinTech, Hackathon, Information Security, NUS Fintech Society, School of Computing, Student

When five members of the NUS FinTech Society touched down in Rome this October, they carried not just laptops, but the quiet ambition to make their mark on one of Europe’s most respected blockchain hackathons: ETHRome 25.