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Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer

Incident 10603 Report
Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

2025-05-06

Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) report that Operation Overload (also known as Matryoshka or Storm-1679) is a Russian-aligned campaign leveraging purported AI-generated voiceovers and visual impersonations to spread false or inflammatory content across platforms. The campaign reportedly involved at least 135 discrete posts analyzed by ISD in early 2025 targeting institutions and individuals, including one purported viral video claiming USAID funded celebrity trips to Ukraine (see Incident 1061).

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Incident 11363 Report
Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

2025-07-04

Purported AI-generated deepfake videos depicting Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and other officials, political leaders, and business leaders have reportedly been used to promote fraudulent investment schemes. A total of 13,956 cases were reported last year, with RM2.11 billion allegedly lost to these scams. Victims were allegedly misled by hyper-realistic fake endorsements circulated via Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Scammers allegedly adapt quickly, generating new deepfakes when content is removed.

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Incident 12362 Report
Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

2024-11-25

A global investment fraud network known as Quantum AI has reportedly used AI-generated deepfake videos, fake news sites, phishing pages, and spoofed calls to deceive victims. The scheme allegedly impersonates celebrities, news outlets, and political leaders to promote fraudulent trading platforms, leading targets to transfer money they cannot recover. Investigations suggest coordinated operations across multiple countries and platforms.

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Incident 7351 Report
AI-Enabled Fraud Schemes Reportedly Increasing Consumer Harm and Challenging Detection

2024-06-22

Scammers are reportedly using AI tools such as language models, voice cloning, and synthetic IDs to create more convincing frauds, leading to financial losses and identity theft. Banks have begun deploying AI-driven verification tools to counter these schemes, but experts warn that AI-enabled fraud continues to cause real-world harm and remains difficult to detect.

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Related Entities
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 scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

  • Incident 735
    1 Report

    AI-Enabled Fraud Schemes Reportedly Increasing Consumer Harm and Challenging Detection

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OpenAI

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 735
    1 Report

    AI-Enabled Fraud Schemes Reportedly Increasing Consumer Harm and Challenging Detection

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Entity

AI tool creators

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 735
    1 Report

    AI-Enabled Fraud Schemes Reportedly Increasing Consumer Harm and Challenging Detection

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Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Bank customers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 735
    1 Report

    AI-Enabled Fraud Schemes Reportedly Increasing Consumer Harm and Challenging Detection

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Storm-1679

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Russian-aligned actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Operation Overload

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Matryoshka

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Various generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Western support for Ukraine

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Voters in Germany

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

USAID

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Ukrainian refugees

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Truth

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1089
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum

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News organizations

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Law enforcement agencies

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Journalists

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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General public

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Fact-checkers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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European politicians

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Electoral integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Democracy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Academics

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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X (Twitter)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Telegram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Bluesky

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Reports

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Various actors aligned with Sudanese factions

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1089
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum

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Political leaders of Sudan

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1089
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum

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Entity

Journalists of Sudan

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1089
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum

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General public of Sudan

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1089
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum

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Social media

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

  • Incident 1089
    1 Report

    Purported AI-Generated Content Circulates Widely in Sudan Amid Civil Conflict and Information Vacuum

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Unknown scammers targeting Malaysian public figures

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Unknown fraudsters

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Tan Sri Robert Kuok

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Malaysian public figures

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Malaysian political leaders

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Malaysian business leaders

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

General public of Malaysia

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Anwar Ibrahim

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

WhatsApp

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Entity

Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1136
    3 Reports

    Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams

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Quantum AI

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Quantum AI scammers

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Generative AI companies

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

David Beckham

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Elon Musk

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Keir Starmer

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Rishi Sunak

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Mark Carney

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Richard Branson

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Martin Lewis

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Steph McGovern

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

BBC

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

CNN

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Daily Mirror

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

DW News

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

El Universo

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Domenica In

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Forbes

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Spencer & Stanley

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Smithville International

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Retail investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

social media users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Meta users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

YouTube users

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Elderly investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Consumers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Financial services customers

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Cryptocurrency investors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Victims of impersonation scams

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Victims of deepfake-enabled fraud

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Meta Platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Phishing websites

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Entity

Spoofed phone number systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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Automated trading bots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1236
    2 Reports

    Quantum AI Scam Reportedly Used AI-Generated Celebrity Endorsements and Spoofed Media Sites to Solicit Investments

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