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closedclosed 6 Dec 2022Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

Deepfake of Former FTX CEO Used on Twitter in Cryptocurrency Scam Attempt

Fraudsters posted synthetic video and audio depicting former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried directing collapse victims to an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet. The malicious campaign leveraged social media accounts to deceive users seeking restitution.

first report
22 Nov 2022
last update
22 Nov 2022

Timeline · 1

  1. 22 Nov 2022Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2022-11-22
    Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/422

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Classification

lane
Breaches & attacks
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
mitre atlas
AML.T0052 PhishingAML.T0073 ImpersonationAML.T0088 Generate Deepfakes
tags
deepfakecrypto-scamimpersonationtwitter
dates
happened 22 Nov 2022 · first reported 22 Nov 2022
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Deepfake of Former FTX CEO Used on Twitter in Cryptocurrency Scam Attempt

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-of-former-ftx-ceo-used-on-twitter-in-cryptocurrency · AIR-2022-0039 · closed 2022-12-06

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2022-11-22
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Fraudsters posted synthetic video and audio depicting former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried directing collapse victims to an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet. The malicious campaign leveraged social media accounts to deceive users seeking restitution.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2022-11-22: Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/422)

## Sources

- 2022-11-22 AI Incident Database: Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/422

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

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