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Incident 9963 Report
Meta Allegedly Used Books3, a Dataset of 191,000 Pirated Books, to Train LLaMA AI

2020-10-25

Meta and Bloomberg allegedly used Books3, a dataset containing 191,000 pirated books, to train their AI models, including LLaMA and BloombergGPT, without author consent. Lawsuits from authors such as Sarah Silverman and Michael Chabon claim this constitutes copyright infringement. Books3 includes works from major publishers like Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. Meta argues its AI outputs are not "substantially similar" to the original books, but legal challenges continue.

Incident 10012 Report
LLM Scrapers Allegedly Target Multiple Open Source Projects Disrupting the FOSS Ecosystem

2025-03-17

In mid-March 2025, KDE's GitLab infrastructure was reportedly disrupted by aggressive AI web scrapers originating from Alibaba IP ranges. These bots allegedly ignored robots.txt and spoofed browser headers, which in turn purportedly overwhelmed the site and caused outages for developers. Similar incidents reportedly affected other FOSS projects like GNOME, SourceHut, and Fedora. The scraping is allegedly tied to large language model training, and reportedly imposes real costs and delays.

Incident 123628 Report
Quantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

2020-01-01

Researchers have described a global AI-themed investment fraud ecosystem using deepfake videos, spoofed news sites, phishing pages, and phone outreach to impersonate celebrities, news outlets, and political leaders. Reports link the scheme to fake trading platforms including Quantum AI and related sites, and to cloaked adtech infrastructure used to route likely victims while hiding scam pages from scanners.

Incident 54422 Report
Alleged Use of Purportedly AI-Generated and Manipulated Media to Misrepresent Candidates and Disrupt Turkey's 2023 Presidential Election

2023-05-11

During Turkey's 2023 presidential election, reportedly manipulated and allegedly AI-generated videos, audio, and images were used to smear candidates, purportedly link opposition figures to terrorist groups, and circulate a purported sex tape that reportedly contributed to presidential candidate Muharrem İnce’s withdrawal. These incidents reportedly misled voters, disrupted campaigning, and altered the electoral field.

Incident 97113 Report
Iranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Reportedly Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

2023-05-02

The Iranian state-sponsored group Cotton Sandstorm, linked to the IRGC, has integrated generative AI into cyber influence operations. In December 2023, it launched Operation “For Humanity," using AI-crafted messaging to hijack a U.S.-based IPTV streaming service with propaganda about the Israel-Hamas conflict. The group also engages in election-related reconnaissance, which suggests they used AI-enhanced influence efforts ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.

Incident 9947 Report
AI-Enabled Organized Crime Expands Across Europe

2025-03-18

Europol’s EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) 2025 warns that AI is accelerating the growth of organized crime throughout Europe. Criminal networks are leveraging AI for cyber fraud, ransomware, money laundering, and child exploitation, while AI-powered social engineering and automation are making criminal operations more scalable and harder to detect.

Generative AI developers

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer

Incident 9963 ReportMeta Allegedly Used Books3, a Dataset of 191,000 Pirated Books, to Train LLaMA AI

Incident 10012 ReportLLM Scrapers Allegedly Target Multiple Open Source Projects Disrupting the FOSS Ecosystem

Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 123628 ReportQuantum AI and Related AI-Themed Investment Scams Reportedly Used Deepfake Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

Incident 54422 ReportAlleged Use of Purportedly AI-Generated and Manipulated Media to Misrepresent Candidates and Disrupt Turkey's 2023 Presidential Election

Incident 97113 ReportIranian Hacker Group Cotton Sandstorm Reportedly Integrating AI into Cyber Influence Operations

Incident 9947 ReportAI-Enabled Organized Crime Expands Across Europe

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