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
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-02-17AI-Driven Phishing Scam Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users in Credential Theft CampaignAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/941
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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 DatabaseDerived 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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