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Unknown sextortionists

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 104819 Report
Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

2025-01-10

Bree Smith, a meteorologist in Nashville, Tennessee, was reportedly targeted in a sextortion campaign involving purported AI-generated deepfakes that manipulated her likeness into explicit content. According to reporting, Smith's face was digitally placed onto semi-nude and nude bodies, with the resulting media circulated online by impersonators seeking money. Smith documented the spread of these accounts and has advocated for legislative responses, including a new Tennessee bill addressing deepfake-related harms.

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Incident 10781 Report
Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

2025-02-27

16-year-old Elijah Heacock of Glasgow, Kentucky, reportedly died by suicide on February 28, 2025, after receiving threatening messages containing purportedly AI-generated explicit images depicting him. The images were reportedly used in a sextortion attempt demanding money. The FBI has been investigating the case as part of an alleged pattern of online financial sextortion schemes targeting minors.

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Other entities that are related to the same incident. For example, if the developer of an incident is this entity but the deployer is another entity, they are marked as related entities.
 

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Unknown cybercriminals

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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WTVF

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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General public of Tennessee

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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Bree Smith

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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NewsChannel 5 Nashville WTVF

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

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Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1048
    19 Reports

    Tennessee Meteorologist's Likeness Reportedly Used in Sextortion Campaign Involving Purported AI-Generated Content

  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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Elijah Heacock

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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Family of Elijah Heacock

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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Minors targeted by online sextortion schemes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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Messaging service

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1078
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide

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