Deepfake Campaign Impersonates Lithuanian Politicians in Scams
Scammers deployed AI-generated deepfake videos mimicking public figures and media outlets across multiple EU countries. The campaign promoted fraudulent products and aimed to extract money from victims.
- first report
- 28 Jun 2025
- last update
- 28 Jun 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-06-28Alleged Deepfake Videos Impersonate Lithuanian Politicians and Doctors in Purported Cross-Border Scam NetworkAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1119
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 28 Jun 2025 · first reported 28 Jun 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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# Deepfake Campaign Impersonates Lithuanian Politicians in Scams https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-campaign-impersonates-lithuanian-politicians-in-sca · AIR-2025-0117 · closed 2025-07-12 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-06-28 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: Facebook ## Summary Scammers deployed AI-generated deepfake videos mimicking public figures and media outlets across multiple EU countries. The campaign promoted fraudulent products and aimed to extract money from victims. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-06-28: Alleged Deepfake Videos Impersonate Lithuanian Politicians and Doctors in Purported Cross-Border Scam Network (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1119) ## Sources - 2025-06-28 AI Incident Database: Alleged Deepfake Videos Impersonate Lithuanian Politicians and Doctors in Purported Cross-Border Scam Network https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1119 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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