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closedclosed 21 Jul 2025Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

Deepfake video of Donald Trump used in YouTube cryptocurrency scam

YouTube

Live streams on YouTube featured an AI-generated deepfake video of Donald Trump promoting a fraudulent Bitcoin giveaway. Viewers were directed to scan QR codes and send cryptocurrency to scam addresses.

first report
7 Jul 2025
last update
7 Jul 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 7 Jul 2025Purported Deepfake Video of Donald Trump at NATO Summit Allegedly Used in YouTube Crypto Scam

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-07-07
    Purported Deepfake Video of Donald Trump at NATO Summit Allegedly Used in YouTube Crypto Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1153

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Classification

lane
Breaches & attacks
AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraud
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
targets
Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
AML.T0073 ImpersonationAML.T0088 Generate Deepfakes
tags
deepfakecrypto-scamyoutubefraud
dates
happened 7 Jul 2025 · first reported 7 Jul 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived 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 video of Donald Trump used in YouTube cryptocurrency scam

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-video-of-donald-trump-used-in-youtube-cryptocurrenc · AIR-2025-0154 · closed 2025-07-21

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-07-07
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: YouTube

## Summary

Live streams on YouTube featured an AI-generated deepfake video of Donald Trump promoting a fraudulent Bitcoin giveaway. Viewers were directed to scan QR codes and send cryptocurrency to scam addresses.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-07-07: Purported Deepfake Video of Donald Trump at NATO Summit Allegedly Used in YouTube Crypto Scam (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1153)

## Sources

- 2025-07-07 AI Incident Database: Purported Deepfake Video of Donald Trump at NATO Summit Allegedly Used in YouTube Crypto Scam https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1153

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

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