{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0029",
 "slug": "deepfake-video-used-in-disinformation-campaign-against-tim-w",
 "title": "Deepfake Video Used in Disinformation Campaign Against Tim Walz",
 "summary": "A deepfake video misattributing claims to a former student was circulated as part of a foreign disinformation campaign. The media reached millions before being flagged for manipulation.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [],
 "incident_date": "2024-10-16",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-10-16",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/824",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Purported Deepfake Allegedly Misattributes Claims to Former Student in Attack on Vice-Presidential Candidate Tim Walz",
   "published_at": "2024-10-16"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "storm-1516",
  "disinformation",
  "elections"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}