{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0008",
 "slug": "criminal-group-uses-face-swapping-deepfakes-to-bypass-biomet",
 "title": "Criminal Group Uses Face-Swapping Deepfakes to Bypass Biometric Authentication",
 "summary": "A criminal group utilized AI face-swapping technology to generate video simulations from static photos and bypass facial recognition security. The unauthorized access allowed them to breach user accounts and steal personal data for fraud syndicates.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "adversarial_evasion"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims",
  "enterprise_deployment"
 ],
 "products": [
  "biometric facial recognition systems"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-09-13",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-09-13",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/806",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Criminal Group Uses AI Deepfake Technology to Steal Personal Data in Hangzhou, Zhejiang",
   "published_at": "2024-09-13"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "face-swapping",
  "biometric-bypass",
  "identity-theft"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}