Deepfake News Clip Fabricates Explosion for Fraudulent Scam
Fraudsters circulated a manipulated news video using synthetic audio and visuals to fabricate a conspiracy and sell unproven health products. The scam aimed to trick viewers into purchasing items under false pretenses.
- first report
- 20 Jan 2025
- last update
- 20 Jan 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-01-20Purported AI-Manipulated News Clip Fabricates Explosion and Doctor's Murder Plot for ScamAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1036
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Classification
- AI role
- AI-enabled attack
- categories
- Deepfake fraud
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Individuals
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- dates
- happened 20 Jan 2025 · first reported 20 Jan 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 News Clip Fabricates Explosion for Fraudulent Scam https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-news-clip-fabricates-explosion-for-fraudulent-scam · AIR-2025-0148 · closed 2025-02-03 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-01-20 - AI role: AI-enabled attack ## Summary Fraudsters circulated a manipulated news video using synthetic audio and visuals to fabricate a conspiracy and sell unproven health products. The scam aimed to trick viewers into purchasing items under false pretenses. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-01-20: Purported AI-Manipulated News Clip Fabricates Explosion and Doctor's Murder Plot for Scam (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1036) ## Sources - 2025-01-20 AI Incident Database: Purported AI-Manipulated News Clip Fabricates Explosion and Doctor's Murder Plot for Scam https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1036 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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