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incidents/AIR-2024-0044

AI-driven voice phishing scam attempts to breach security expert's Gmail

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers used synthetic voice generation to impersonate a Google representative in a phone call to steal Gmail credentials from a security expert. The attack failed to compromise the account.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraudprimary
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
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
Individuals
products
Gmail
incident date
7 Oct 2024
first reported
7 Oct 2024
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 · vishing · social-engineering · credential-theft
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-10-07
    Purportedly AI-Driven Phishing Scam Uses Spoofed Google Call to Attempt Gmail Breach of Security Expert
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/839

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