Description: An alleged series of high-quality AI-generated deepfake videos reportedly mimicked Lithuanian TV segments, politicians, and doctors to promote fraudulent health products and anti-vaccine disinformation. Distributed mainly via Facebook, the videos reportedly reached audiences in up to 15 EU countries. Fact-checkers and cybersecurity experts reportedly described the campaign as part of a coordinated scam network designed to extract money by impersonating trusted public figures and media outlets.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer and Unknown voice cloning technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers , Unknown fraudsters and Unknown international scam network operating across multiple EU countries, which harmed Aurelijus Veryga , Vytautas Kasiulevičius , Social media users in Lithuania , General public of Lithuania and General public of the European Union.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake technology and Unknown voice cloning technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1119
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-06-28
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
A series of highly convincing fake news videos circulating online this month startled residents in Lithuania. Created using artificial intelligence technology known as deepfakes, the fraudulent videos are believed to be part of an internati…
A wave of AI-generated deepfake videos mimicking real news broadcasts have flooded Lithuanian social media in recent weeks, promoting fake medical products and spreading anti-vaccine disinformation.
Investigators told Lithuania's public bro…
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