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closedclosed 12 Jul 2025Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

Deepfake Campaign Impersonates Lithuanian Politicians in Scams

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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

  1. 28 Jun 2025Alleged Deepfake Videos Impersonate Lithuanian Politicians and Doctors in Purported Cross-Border Scam Network

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-06-28

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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 Database
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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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