{
 "id": "AIR-2024-0058",
 "slug": "ferrari-executive-targeted-in-failed-ai-voice-clone-scam-imp",
 "title": "Ferrari Executive Targeted in Failed AI Voice Clone Scam Impersonating CEO Benedetto Vigna",
 "summary": "A scammer used an AI-generated voice clone of Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna over WhatsApp to request an urgent financial transaction. The targeted executive identified abnormal vocal intonations and thwarted the fraud attempt with verification questions.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud",
  "ai_phishing_social_engineering"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "enterprise_deployment",
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "WhatsApp"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-07-16",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2024-07-16",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/966",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "Ferrari Executive Targeted by AI Deepfake Scam Impersonating CEO Benedetto Vigna",
   "published_at": "2024-07-16"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 1,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_aiid",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "voice-cloning",
  "ferrari",
  "vishing",
  "social-engineering"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:33:31.967Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:59:35.797Z"
}
