FBI Reports Surge in Sextortion Involving AI-Generated Explicit Media

# FBI Reports Surge in Sextortion Involving AI-Generated Explicit Media

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/fbi-reports-surge-in-sextortion-involving-ai-generated-expli · AIR-2023-0022 · closed 2023-04-15

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2023-04-01
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: Deepfake generation tools

## Summary

Law enforcement noted a significant increase in extortion cases where attackers used synthetic explicit images and videos generated from victim photos. This campaign targeted multiple individuals across online platforms.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2023-04-01: FBI Reported Surge of Extortion Cases of AI Media Featuring Sexual Explicit Activities (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/551)

## Sources

- 2023-04-01 AI Incident Database: FBI Reported Surge of Extortion Cases of AI Media Featuring Sexual Explicit Activities https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/551

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