Deepfake Video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Used in Credential Phishing Attacks on Creators
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Phishers circulated an AI-generated deepfake video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announcing fake policy changes to deceive creators. The campaign attempted to trick targets into downloading malware or surrendering account credentials via fraudulent links.
- first report
- 4 Mar 2025
- last update
- 4 Mar 2025
Timeline · 1
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2025-03-04Phishers Allegedly Using AI-Generated Video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan to Target CreatorsAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/965
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Classification
- 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
- dates
- happened 4 Mar 2025 · first reported 4 Mar 2025
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived 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 Video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan Used in Credential Phishing Attacks on Creators https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-video-of-youtube-ceo-neal-mohan-used-in-credential · AIR-2025-0175 · closed 2025-03-18 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2025-03-04 - AI role: AI-enabled attack - Products: YouTube ## Summary Phishers circulated an AI-generated deepfake video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announcing fake policy changes to deceive creators. The campaign attempted to trick targets into downloading malware or surrendering account credentials via fraudulent links. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2025-03-04: Phishers Allegedly Using AI-Generated Video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan to Target Creators (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/965) ## Sources - 2025-03-04 AI Incident Database: Phishers Allegedly Using AI-Generated Video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan to Target Creators https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/965 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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