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closedclosed 6 Feb 2025Breaches & attacks4 Confirmed real-world lossAI

Resident Used AI Chatbots to Harass and Intimidate Victims

CrushOn.ai, JanitorAI

An individual pleaded guilty to cyberstalking charges after leveraging AI tools and chatbots to create deepfake pornography, impersonate victims, and distribute doctored content. The multi-year campaign caused significant harm to multiple individuals.

first report
23 Jan 2025
last update
23 Jan 2025

Timeline · 1

  1. 23 Jan 2025Plymouth, Massachusetts Resident Reportedly Used AI Chatbots CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI to Harass and Intimidate Victims

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2025-01-23

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraud
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
targets
Individuals
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 23 Jan 2025 · first reported 23 Jan 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived 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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# Resident Used AI Chatbots to Harass and Intimidate Victims

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/resident-used-ai-chatbots-to-harass-and-intimidate-victims · AIR-2025-0093 · closed 2025-02-06

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 4 (Confirmed real-world loss)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2025-01-23
- AI role: AI-enabled attack
- Products: CrushOn.ai, JanitorAI

## Summary

An individual pleaded guilty to cyberstalking charges after leveraging AI tools and chatbots to create deepfake pornography, impersonate victims, and distribute doctored content. The multi-year campaign caused significant harm to multiple individuals.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2025-01-23: Plymouth, Massachusetts Resident Reportedly Used AI Chatbots CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI to Harass and Intimidate Victims (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/916)

## Sources

- 2025-01-23 AI Incident Database: Plymouth, Massachusetts Resident Reportedly Used AI Chatbots CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI to Harass and Intimidate Victims https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/916

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