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closedclosed 3 Mar 2025Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

AI-Driven Phishing Campaign Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users

Gmail, Deepfake Robocall System

Threat actors deployed AI-powered deepfake robocalls mimicking Google security to trick Gmail users into giving up credentials. The stolen credentials were subsequently used for identity theft and session hijacking.

first report
17 Feb 2025
last update
17 Feb 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 17 Feb 2025AI-Driven Phishing Scam Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users in Credential Theft Campaign

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-02-17

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
AI phishing / social engineeringDeepfake fraud
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
targets
Google, Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 17 Feb 2025 · first reported 17 Feb 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
record
confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# AI-Driven Phishing Campaign Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/ai-driven-phishing-campaign-uses-deepfake-robocalls-to-targe · AIR-2025-0003 · closed 2025-03-03

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-02-17
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Gmail, Deepfake Robocall System

## Summary

Threat actors deployed AI-powered deepfake robocalls mimicking Google security to trick Gmail users into giving up credentials. The stolen credentials were subsequently used for identity theft and session hijacking.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-02-17: AI-Driven Phishing Scam Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users in Credential Theft Campaign (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/941)

## Sources

- 2025-02-17 AI Incident Database: AI-Driven Phishing Scam Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users in Credential Theft Campaign https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/941

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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