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Incident 59757 Report
Female Students at Westfield High School in New Jersey Reportedly Targeted with Deepfake Nudes
2023-10-20
In October 2023, alleged deepfake nude images of female students were created and shared at Westfield High School in New Jersey. One alleged implicated system in this incident is the Clothoff deepfake app. A victim, Francesca Mani, and her mother, Dorota, began advocating for stronger laws after the school’s response reportedly left perpetrators unaccountable. Since the incident, their advocacy has drawn national attention, leading to trips to Washington, D.C., and bipartisan backing for legislation targeting AI-generated nonconsensual content while calling attention to deficiencies in existing legal protections.
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Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers
2025-01-31
Researchers at Citizen Lab and Censys reportedly identified spyware infections involving Graphite, a tool attributed to Israeli firm Paragon Solutions. The spyware was allegedly deployed against civil society actors, including journalists and aid workers, through a zero-click WhatsApp exploit. WhatsApp notified over 90 targeted individuals. Evidence reportedly suggests deployments in multiple democratic countries.
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Grok Reportedly Generated and Distributed Nonconsensual Sexualized Images of Adults and Minors in X Replies
2025-12-25
Grok reportedly generated and publicly distributed nonconsensual sexualized images of real people, including adults and minors, through reply prompts on the platform. Users reportedly prompted Grok to alter photos into sexually explicit content, which was then posted in X threads, exposing victims to harm.
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Reportedly Hacked AI-Powered Robot Vacuums Allegedly Used for Surveillance and Harassment
2024-05-24
Hackers reportedly exploited a vulnerability in Ecovacs’s Deebot X2 robot vacuums, gaining unauthorized access to camera and microphone controls. Users reported privacy invasions and offensive language broadcasted through the devices. Although Ecovacs claimed to have resolved the security flaw, researchers suggest vulnerabilities remain that could potentially leave users exposed to surveillance and harassment through their AI-enabled devices.
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Government of Argentina
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Surveillance technology developers
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Minors
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- Incident 16238 Reports
Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
- Incident 5135 Reports
ChatGPT Reportedly Banned by Italian Authority Due to OpenAI's Purported Lack of Legal Basis for Data Collection and Age Verification
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Law enforcement facial recognition systems
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- Incident 4124 Reports
Finnish Police Were Reportedly Reprimanded After National Bureau of Investigation Unit Allegedly Used Clearview AI to Identify Potential Abuse Victims
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Florida Police Reportedly Wrongfully Arrested Commercial Crabber Robert Dillon After Allegedly False Facial Recognition Match
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- Incident 1221 Report
Facebook's 'Tag Suggestions' Allegedly Stored Biometric Data without User Consent
- Incident 4061 Report
Facebook's Friend Suggestion Feature Recommends Patients of Psychiatrist to Each Other
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Social media users
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- Incident 26710 Reports
Clearview AI Algorithm Built on Photos Scraped from Social Media Profiles without Consent
- Incident 9396 Reports
AI-Powered Chinese Surveillance Campaign 'Peer Review' Used for Real-Time Monitoring of Anti-State Speech on Western Social Media
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Microsoft
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- Incident 11865 Reports
Reported Public Exposure of Over 100,000 LLM Conversations via Share Links Indexed by Search Engines and Archived
- Incident 11742 Reports
Microsoft Copilot Reportedly Able to Access Cached Data from Since-Private GitHub Repositories
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- Incident 1884 Reports
Argentinian City Government Deployed Teenage-Pregnancy Predictive Algorithm Using Invasive Demographic Data
- Incident 7731 Report
Chatbot in Workplace Training at Bunbury Prison Reveals Real Names in Sexual Harassment Case
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Google's Face Grouping Allegedly Collected and Analyzed Users' Facial Structure without Consent, Violated BIPA
- Incident 4651 Report
Private Medical Photos Were Reportedly Found in LAION-5B AI Training Dataset
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- Incident 15892 Reports
Purportedly AI-Powered 007TG Platform Reportedly Used by Scam Networks Linked to $75 Million in Proceeds
- Incident 15071 Report
COEMPT Quality Assurance Engineers Allegedly Violated Indian CBSE Student Data Privacy Rights by Processing It with Google Gemini
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Clearview AI
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- Incident 26710 Reports
Clearview AI Algorithm Built on Photos Scraped from Social Media Profiles without Consent
- Incident 7812 Reports
Clearview AI Reportedly Faces $33.7 Million Fine for Violating GDPR with Biometric Data Harvesting
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- Incident 4124 Reports
Finnish Police Were Reportedly Reprimanded After National Bureau of Investigation Unit Allegedly Used Clearview AI to Identify Potential Abuse Victims
- Incident 5583 Reports
Activists Allege NYPD's Application of Facial Recognition Interfered with Right to Protest
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Instagram users
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- Incident 26710 Reports
Clearview AI Algorithm Built on Photos Scraped from Social Media Profiles without Consent
- Incident 15102 Reports
Meta AI Support Bot Reportedly Enabled Takeovers of High-Profile Instagram Accounts
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Amazon
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- Incident 5564 Reports
Amazon Allegedly Violated Children's Privacy through Default Voice Collection Settings
- Incident 3611 Report
Amazon Echo Mistakenly Recorded and Sent Private Conversation to Random Contact
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OpenAI
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- Incident 5135 Reports
ChatGPT Reportedly Banned by Italian Authority Due to OpenAI's Purported Lack of Legal Basis for Data Collection and Age Verification
- Incident 11865 Reports
Reported Public Exposure of Over 100,000 LLM Conversations via Share Links Indexed by Search Engines and Archived
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Law enforcement
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- Incident 15953 Reports
Deputies in Cherokee County, Georgia, Allegedly Misused Automated License Plate Reader Data for Non-Law-Enforcement Purposes
- Incident 16152 Reports
Scammers Allegedly Used AI-Generated Voice in Boone County, Missouri, Kidnapping Ransom Scam
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Educators
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- Incident 16122 Reports
A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff
- Incident 7981 Report
Students at Australian Schools Reportedly Used AI Nudification Tools to Create Nonconsensual Sexual Images of Classmates and Teachers
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University students
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- Incident 4244 Reports
Canadian Universities' AI Proctoring Tools Reportedly Collected Student Biometric Data Without Adequate Consent
- Incident 4962 Reports
Male College Freshman Allegedly Made Porn Deepfakes Using Female Friend's Face
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Students
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- Incident 16238 Reports
Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
- Incident 7975 Reports
Teenager Reportedly Makes Deepfake Pornography of 50 Girls at Bacchus Marsh Grammar School in Australia
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Deepfake creators
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Synthetic media generation technology
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Synthetic video generation technology
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Replika
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- Incident 6365 Reports
AI Romance Apps Reportedly Compromise User Privacy for Data Harvesting
- Incident 4911 Report
Replika's AI Experience Reportedly Lacked Protection for Minors, Resulting in Data Ban
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Large language model developers
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- Incident 5135 Reports
ChatGPT Reportedly Banned by Italian Authority Due to OpenAI's Purported Lack of Legal Basis for Data Collection and Age Verification
- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
ChatGPT
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- Incident 9396 Reports
AI-Powered Chinese Surveillance Campaign 'Peer Review' Used for Real-Time Monitoring of Anti-State Speech on Western Social Media
- Incident 5135 Reports
ChatGPT Reportedly Banned by Italian Authority Due to OpenAI's Purported Lack of Legal Basis for Data Collection and Age Verification
Teachers
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- Incident 16122 Reports
A.B. Paterson College Teacher in Queensland Allegedly Used AI to Create Explicit Images of Students and Staff
- Incident 5861 Report
FTC Targets Edmodo for Unlawful Use of Children’s Data and Delegating Compliance to Schools
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Schools and teachers who were misinformed and burdened with COPPA compliance responsibilities without adequate disclosure
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Genesia AI Friend & Partner
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EVA AI Chat Bot & Soulmate
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CrushOn.AI
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National security and intelligence stakeholders
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- Incident 106933 Reports
Purported Graphite Spyware Linked to Paragon Solutions Allegedly Deployed Against Journalists and Civil Society Workers
- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
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Politicians
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- Incident 8747 Reports
One in Six Congresswomen Have Reportedly Been Targeted by AI-Generated Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery
- Incident 7543 Reports
Female Politicians in the United Kingdom Reportedly Victimized by Purported Deepfake Pornography
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Victims of deepfake child abuse
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- Incident 16238 Reports
Pennsylvania's Lancaster Country Day School Students Allegedly Used AI to Create Hundreds of Sexualized Deepfake Images of Girls
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Former New Orleans Isidore Newman School Teacher Allegedly Used AI to Create Fake Nude Images from Social Media Photos of Girls, Including Students
Employees
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- Incident 8116 Reports
AI-Powered Transcription Services Allegedly Leak Confidential Workplace Discussions
- Incident 16505 Reports
Otter.ai Notetaker Allegedly Recorded Meeting Conversations Without Participants' Informed Consent and Used Data for AI Training
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Otter.ai
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High school students
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- Incident 8881 Report
Sydney High Schooler Allegedly Generated Deepfakes of Other Students
- Incident 11771 Report
Purported AI Monitoring Software Reportedly Flags Unsent Joke Threat, Leading to Arizona Student Suspension
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End users of undisclosed Middle Eastern AI-powered cloud call center platform
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Meta
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- Incident 141816 Reports
Meta AI Smart Glasses Reportedly Routed Intimate Imagery to Reviewers at Kenyan Contractor Sama Before Meta Ended Contract
- Incident 12775 Reports
Alleged Harmful Outputs and Data Exposure in Children's AI Products by FoloToy, Miko, and Character.AI
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Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA)
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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Singapore)
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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Israel)
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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Denmark)
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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Cyprus)
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Unidentified law enforcement or intelligence entity (Australia)
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Real-time facial recognition alert pipeline to New Orleans Police Department
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Automated person-tracking via clothing and physical descriptors
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Gaggle
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- Incident 11671 Report
Alleged Gaggle Surveillance Alert Reportedly Leads to Arrest and Detention of 13-Year-Old Student in Fairview, Tennessee
- Incident 12131 Report
Gaggle AI Monitoring at Lawrence, Kansas High School Reportedly Misflags Student Content and Blocks Emails
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Tea Dating Advice
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xAI
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- Incident 132928 Reports
Grok Reportedly Generated and Distributed Nonconsensual Sexualized Images of Adults and Minors in X Replies
- Incident 11865 Reports
Reported Public Exposure of Over 100,000 LLM Conversations via Share Links Indexed by Search Engines and Archived
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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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- Incident 13531 Report
ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
United States Customs and Border Protection
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- Incident 13531 Report
ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
United States Department of Homeland Security
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- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
Unnamed woman detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Mobile Fortify
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- Incident 13531 Report
ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon
- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
Legal observers
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- Incident 13621 Report
Border Patrol Agent Allegedly Claimed Facial Recognition Identified Minneapolis ICE Observer and Global Entry Was Reportedly Revoked Three Days Later
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
Unknown threat actors distributing malicious OpenClaw skills
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Automated license plate readers (ALPR)
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- Incident 15953 Reports
Deputies in Cherokee County, Georgia, Allegedly Misused Automated License Plate Reader Data for Non-Law-Enforcement Purposes
- Incident 13901 Report
DHS Agents Reportedly Threatened Legal Observers With 'Domestic Terrorist' Database While Using Purportedly AI-Enabled Surveillance During ICE Operations
CDU Parliamentary Group in the Lower Saxony State Parliament
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Women employees of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the Lower Saxony State Parliament
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AI agent systems
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
hackers
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Face Analysis Comparison and Examination System Next (FACESNXT)
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AI agent system deployers
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
AI agent system developers
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Meta algorithmically assisted performance ranking and calibration system
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Agentic threat actors
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Unidentified creators or distributors of AI-generated video targeting a Laredo, Texas, teenager
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Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office (Georgia)
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Individuals whose license plate data were accessed for non-law-enforcement purposes
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Unnamed Queensland man charged in alleged deepfake sexual-image campaign
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A.B. Paterson College students and staff depicted in alleged AI-generated explicit images
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Unnamed 35-year-old Silleda man accused of creating AI-generated sexual images
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Unnamed 29-year-old man accused of distributing AI-generated sexual images of women in Silleda
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Unidentified perpetrators of Boone County, Missouri, AI voice kidnapping scam
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Boone County, Missouri, resident targeted by alleged AI voice kidnapping scam
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Daughter of Boone County, Missouri, resident targeted by alleged AI voice kidnapping scam
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Commercial vehicle surveillance technology developers
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Commercial fleet operators using AI dashcams
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Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology developers
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Threat actors
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Nous Research
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Information security
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Governments
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Government agencies
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network
Hermes Agent
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- Incident 16464 Reports
Suspected China-Linked Hackers Reportedly Used AI Agents to Compromise Taiwanese Government Systems and Exfiltrate Personnel Records
- Incident 16694 Reports
Threat Actor Reportedly Used Hermes AI Agent for Unattended Post-Compromise Activity in Thailand's Ministry of Finance Network