{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0140",
 "slug": "ai-deepfake-impersonations-used-in-israeli-stock-pump-and-du",
 "title": "AI Deepfake Impersonations Used in Israeli Stock Pump-and-Dump Scheme",
 "summary": "Fraudsters utilized AI-generated deepfakes of public figures to promote a stock in a pump-and-dump scheme targeting Israeli investors. The scheme resulted in major financial losses when the stock collapsed.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "WhatsApp",
  "Deepfake Technology"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-04-01",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-04-01",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1154",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Reported AI‑Generated Deepfake Impersonations of Public Figures Allegedly Used in Coordinated Stock Pump‑and‑Dump Scheme Targeting Israeli Investors",
   "published_at": "2025-04-01"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "pump-and-dump",
  "fraud",
  "financial-crime"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}