Deepfake of Former Maltese Prime Minister Promotes Crypto Scam

# Deepfake of Former Maltese Prime Minister Promotes Crypto Scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-of-former-maltese-prime-minister-promotes-crypto-sc · AIR-2024-0054 · closed 2024-04-26

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2024-04-12
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Doctored video footage overlaid with AI-generated audio falsely depicted a former prime minister endorsing a fraudulent crypto platform. The manipulated video was distributed widely through social media.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2024-04-12: Deepfake of Former Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat Allegedly Promotes Nord Invest Scam (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/936)

## Sources

- 2024-04-12 AI Incident Database: Deepfake of Former Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat Allegedly Promotes Nord Invest Scam https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/936

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