How it really happened : NINJIO Season 10, Episode 5, CAN YOU SPOT THE BOT

CAN YOU SPOT THE BOT
Security Topic: Malicious A.I. Bots
NINJIO Season 10: Episode 5
This episode features Tia Carrere, reprising her role as “Cass,” whose mother, Doris, learns her 401K has been drained of all its funds. The culprit? A cybercriminal who used a social media chatbot to trick Doris into transferring her balance to a fraudulent account. Viewers of this episode are educated in the emerging threat of A.I. chatbots, and just how deceptively human-like they can be. 
Additional Reading 
Seeing Through the Fog: Detecting Malicious Sites and Fake Social Media – Prodaft 
Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud – Department of Justice 
Social media security and artificial intelligence – Negg  
The Rise of Adaptive Phishing: When AI Learns to Manipulate – Communications of the ACM 
Techniques to Detect Fake Profiles on Social Media Using the New Age Algorithms – Research Gate 
Social Media Bots are automated programs that simulate human engagement – CISA
Teaching Kids to Detect AI Use, Scams, and Online Misinformation in 2025 – Safe Search Kids