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Daily Mirror of Sri Lanka
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Incident 11401 Report
Purported Deepfake of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Promotes Fraudulent Government Investment Scheme
2025-06-18
A reported deepfake depicts Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake endorsing a government investment plan. It reportedly uses manipulated footage from a May 3rd Satana TV program, dubbed or voice-cloned into English, and including a news article imitating the Daily Mirror to lure people to sign up for the scheme. Sri Lanka CERT, journalists, and the Presidential Media Division reportedly confirmed the video and associated links were AI-generated and part of a phishing and scam operation.
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