Deepfake of Sri Lankan President promotes fraudulent investment scheme

# Deepfake of Sri Lankan President promotes fraudulent investment scheme

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-of-sri-lankan-president-promotes-fraudulent-investm · AIR-2025-0153 · closed 2025-07-02

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-06-18
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Scammers deployed a voice-cloned deepfake video of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to lure citizens into a fraudulent investment scheme. Authorities confirmed the media was synthetic and used for phishing.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-06-18: Purported Deepfake of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Promotes Alleged Fraudulent Government Investment Scheme (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1140)

## Sources

- 2025-06-18 AI Incident Database: Purported Deepfake of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Promotes Alleged Fraudulent Government Investment Scheme https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1140

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