Unknown deepfake technology developers
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Deepfake CFO Scam Costs Multinational Engineering Firm Arup $25 Million
2024-02-02
A finance employee at the multinational engineering firm Arup was deceived into transferring $25 million by fraudsters using deepfake technology to impersonate the firm's CFO in a video call, according to the Hong Kong police.
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Social Media Scammers Used Deepfakes of Taylor Swift and Several Other Celebrities in Fraudulent Le Creuset Cookware Giveaways
2023-12-26
Scammers reportedly made deepfakes of Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Joanna Gaines, Lainey Wilson, Ree Drummond, Oprah, Jennifer Lopez, Trisha Yearwood, Martha Stewart, and Blake Shelton promoting a Le Creuset giveaway. These AI-generated ads, appearing on Meta and TikTok, falsely claimed users could receive free cookware by paying a small shipping fee. Victims were unknowingly enrolled in a costly monthly subscription.
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Investigative Journalist Rana Ayyub Targeted by AI-Generated Deepfake Pornography
2018-04-20
Investigative journalist Rana Ayyub was targeted by a deepfake porn campaign, where AI-generated explicit content falsely depicted her in a pornographic video. This was part of a broader effort to discredit and silence her, which included a doxxing attack that exposed her personal information that resulted in severe harassment and emotional distress.
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Kristen Bell Deepfaked in Non-Consensual AI-Generated Pornography
2020-06-08
The actor Kristen Bell discovered that her likeness was exploited by creators of deepfake pornography, who shared their non-consensual sexual depictions of her on the Internet.
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Fraudsters Use Deepfake Video of Tim Cook to Promote Apple Crypto Scam on YouTube
2022-09-07
Fraudsters repurposed an old interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook using AI or video editing to promote a fake crypto event on YouTube. The altered video was designed to mislead viewers into believing Tim Cook endorsed a new cryptocurrency scheme. The stream attracted tens of thousands of viewers, potentially exposing them to the scam before it was removed for violating YouTube’s terms of service.
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