{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0087",
 "slug": "deepfake-of-presidential-candidate-used-in-investment-scam-a",
 "title": "Deepfake of Presidential Candidate Used in Investment Scam Ads on Meta",
 "summary": "Scammers circulated deepfake videos cloning a political candidate to endorse fraudulent investment schemes on social media. The synthetic media aimed to exploit public trust for financial fraud.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "Meta"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Meta Platforms"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2025-09-11",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-09-11",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1207",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms",
   "published_at": "2025-09-11"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "investment-scam",
  "social-media"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}