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incidents/AIR-2025-0003

AI-Driven Phishing Campaign Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI phishing / social engineeringDeepfake fraud

Threat actors deployed AI-powered deepfake robocalls mimicking Google security to trick Gmail users into giving up credentials. The stolen credentials were subsequently used for identity theft and session hijacking.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI phishing / social engineeringprimary
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
  • 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
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Google, Individuals
products
Gmail, Deepfake Robocall System
incident date
17 Feb 2025
first reported
17 Feb 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
phishing · deepfake · credential-theft · gmail
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-02-17
    AI-Driven Phishing Scam Uses Deepfake Robocalls to Target Gmail Users in Credential Theft Campaign
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/941

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