{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0365",
 "slug": "ai-generated-interview-used-in-crypto-investment-scam-target",
 "title": "AI-Generated Interview Used in Crypto Investment Scam Targeting Australians",
 "summary": "Fraudsters deployed AI-generated imagery and articles falsely depicting public figures promoting an unlicensed cryptocurrency platform. Regulators cited the campaign as part of a growing trend of synthetic media scams.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Boulder Sparhaven"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-08-17",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-08-17",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1665",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Purportedly AI-Generated Article Falsely Depicted Australian Broadcasting Corporation Finance Presenter Alan Kohler Interviewing Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock to Promote Boulder Sparhaven",
   "published_at": "2026-08-17"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "crypto-scam",
  "investment-fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}