{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0169",
 "slug": "deepfake-of-maltese-prime-minister-and-journalist-used-to-pr",
 "title": "Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister and Journalist Used to Promote Fraud",
 "summary": "Scammers used AI-generated voice deepfakes to mimic the Maltese Prime Minister and a journalist to endorse a fake investment scheme. The fraudulent video repurposed interview footage with synthesized audio.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "synthetic voice generator"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-02-17",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-02-17",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/935",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment",
   "published_at": "2025-02-17"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "impersonation",
  "malta"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}