Deepfake Video Scam Impersonates Indonesian President Across Provinces

# Deepfake Video Scam Impersonates Indonesian President Across Provinces

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/deepfake-video-scam-impersonates-indonesian-president-across · AIR-2025-0165 · closed 2025-03-16

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-03-02
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Fraudsters deployed AI-generated video clips of political leaders on social media to trick citizens into paying for fake financial aid. Police arrested suspects following widespread dissemination across multiple provinces.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-03-02: Deepfake Video of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Other Officials Reportedly Used in Scam to Defraud Citizens Across 20 Provinces (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/959)

## Sources

- 2025-03-02 AI Incident Database: Deepfake Video of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Other Officials Reportedly Used in Scam to Defraud Citizens Across 20 Provinces https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/959

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