{
 "id": "AIR-2025-0063",
 "slug": "prokyc-deepfake-tool-for-account-fraud-attacks",
 "title": "ProKYC: Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks",
 "summary": "Threat actors marketed a deepfake tool called ProKYC to generate fake identity documents and selfie videos to bypass financial KYC checks. The tool defeats facial recognition and liveness tests to establish fraudulent accounts.",
 "type": "ai_enabled_attack",
 "categories": [
  "deepfake_fraud"
 ],
 "severity": 3,
 "targets": [
  "individual_victims"
 ],
 "products": [
  "ProKYC"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2024-10-09",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2025-11-07",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0034",
   "publisher": "MITRE ATLAS",
   "title": "ProKYC: Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks",
   "published_at": "2025-11-07"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/819",
   "publisher": "AI Incident Database",
   "title": "AIID Incident 819: ProKYC Tool Allegedly Facilitates Deepfake-Based Account Fraud on Cryptocurrency Exchanges",
   "published_at": "2025-11-07"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://catonetworks.com/blog/prokyc-selling-deepfake-tool-for-account-fraud-attacks",
   "publisher": "catonetworks.com",
   "title": "Cato CTRL Threat Research: ProKYC - Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks",
   "published_at": "2025-11-07"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://idscan.net/blog/prokyc-synthetic-identity-fraud",
   "publisher": "idscan.net",
   "title": "ProKYC: Synthetic Identity Fraud as a Service",
   "published_at": "2025-11-07"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 4,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_atlas",
 "tags": [
  "deepfake",
  "fraud",
  "kyc",
  "biometrics"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T06:55:08.239Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T06:55:08.239Z"
}