{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0034",
 "slug": "face-swap-technology-used-to-bypass-facial-recognition-in-na",
 "title": "Face-Swap Technology Used to Bypass Facial Recognition in Nanjing",
 "summary": "An individual was convicted for using AI face-swap software to bypass a financial platform's facial recognition system. The attacker accessed multiple accounts and made unauthorized purchases.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "adversarial_evasion"
 ],
 "severity": 4,
 "targets": [
  "enterprise_deployment"
 ],
 "products": [
  "facial recognition system"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-10-15",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-10-15",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1163",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Purported Face‑Swap Technology Reportedly Used to Circumvent Financial Platform's Facial Recognition Security in Nanjing, China",
   "published_at": "2024-10-15"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.9,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "face-swap",
  "facial-recognition",
  "fraud",
  "deepfake"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}