The $951M Heist Stopped by a Typo

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  The North Korea Hack

Inspiration

Inspiration came from this contest, actually. It was an opportunity to try to use AI tools and editing skills to tell a cohesive and engaging story about one of the biggest cybercrime heists ever

What it does

This was a spec documentary about the North Korea state-sponsored hack that almost got away with 1 billion dollars

How we built it

First, I did quite a bit of research and created a draft idea, refined it with AI tools, and got an updated script. Then I went with good old paper and pen to roughly plan and storyboard the scenes. When I ran into a Brain Block, I would

Challenges we ran into

Learning how to adapt the prompts to create the exact visuals I had in my head was a challenge. Sometimes it didn't land perfectly and would lead to frustration as I had to generate it multiple times. However, at other times, I would be pleasantly surprised, especially with ElevenLabs and Google's AI Studio. Most times, they would knock it out of the park at the very first try

Accomplishments that we're proud of"

Just being able to complete this is an achievement in my book

What we learned

AI Tools are awesome and can greatly speed up our existing creative workflows

What's next for The $951M Heist Stopped by a Typo

Create more videos and hopefully become a super successful channel

Built With

• eleven
• google-cloud
• labs
• premiere