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closedclosed 19 Apr 2024Breaches & attacks3 Confirmed exploitationAI

Storm-1376 Uses AI for Disinformation Targeting US and Taiwan Voters

Threat actor Storm-1376 deployed AI-generated imagery and audio to influence political perceptions and elections in the US and Taiwan. The covert influence campaign was detailed in a Microsoft threat report.

first report
5 Apr 2024
last update
5 Apr 2024

Timeline · 1

  1. 5 Apr 2024China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters

Sources · 1

Research and catalogues

  1. 2024-04-05

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Classification

AI role
AI-enabled attack
categories
Deepfake fraud
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
targets
Enterprise deployment
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
dates
happened 5 Apr 2024 · first reported 5 Apr 2024
origin
AI Incident Database
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record
confidence 0.90 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z

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# Storm-1376 Uses AI for Disinformation Targeting US and Taiwan Voters

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/storm-1376-uses-ai-for-disinformation-targeting-us-and-taiwa · AIR-2024-0003 · closed 2024-04-19

- Lane: Breaches & attacks
- Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation)
- Fix status: No fix needed
- First reported: 2024-04-05
- AI role: AI-enabled attack

## Summary

Threat actor Storm-1376 deployed AI-generated imagery and audio to influence political perceptions and elections in the US and Taiwan. The covert influence campaign was detailed in a Microsoft threat report.

## What to do

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

## Latest updates

- 2024-04-05: China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/663)

## Sources

- 2024-04-05 AI Incident Database: China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/663

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

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