{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0133",
 "slug": "ai-generated-identities-used-to-defraud-ftx-claims-buyers",
 "title": "AI-Generated Identities Used to Defraud FTX Claims Buyers",
 "summary": "Fraudsters utilized AI-based face modification and deepfake visuals during video calls to impersonate FTX claimants. The scheme successfully defrauded two companies of millions of dollars.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "enterprise_deployment"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2025-02-18",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-02-18",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1067",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Alleged Use of Purported AI-Generated Identities to Defraud FTX Claims Buyers of $5.6M",
   "published_at": "2025-02-18"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "financial_fraud",
  "impersonation"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}