{
 "id": "AIR-2022-0039",
 "slug": "deepfake-of-former-ftx-ceo-used-on-twitter-in-cryptocurrency",
 "title": "Deepfake of Former FTX CEO Used on Twitter in Cryptocurrency Scam Attempt",
 "summary": "Fraudsters posted synthetic video and audio depicting former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried directing collapse victims to an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet. The malicious campaign leveraged social media accounts to deceive users seeking restitution.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2022-11-22",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2022-11-22",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/422",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims",
   "published_at": "2022-11-22"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "crypto-scam",
  "impersonation",
  "twitter"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}