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
Sources · 1
Research and catalogues
- 2024-04-05China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese VotersAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/663
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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 DatabaseDerived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- 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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