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incidents/AIR-2025-0120

AI Deepfake Ads on Facebook Impersonate Politicians for Financial Fraud

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Fraudulent ads utilizing AI-generated deepfakes impersonated prominent political figures to promote fake government rebates on Facebook. The campaign misled users and generated ad revenue before being removed.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraud
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Meta, Individuals
products
Facebook
incident date
1 Oct 2025
first reported
1 Oct 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · fraud · social_media · impersonation
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-10-01
    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Ads on Facebook Reportedly Impersonate Trump, Musk, Ocasio-Cortez, Warren, Sanders, and Leavitt to Promote Fraudulent Rebates
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1223

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