{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0176",
 "slug": "ai-voice-clone-of-asean-leader-targets-thai-prime-minister-i",
 "title": "AI Voice Clone of ASEAN Leader Targets Thai Prime Minister in Fraud Attempt",
 "summary": "Scammers used synthetic voice generation to impersonate an unnamed ASEAN leader in a voice message sent to Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. The fraudulent message solicited a donation under false pretenses, but the attempt was recognized and publicized.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2025-01-15",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-01-15",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/902",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra Claims AI Voice Scam Impersonated ASEAN Leader Requesting Money",
   "published_at": "2025-01-15"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "voice-cloning",
  "impersonation",
  "fraud"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}