AI-Generated Video Impersonates Croatian Physician for Product Scam
AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud
Fraudsters deployed AI-generated video and audio media purporting to show a Croatian physician endorsing a product to mislead consumers. The deceptive clip was used as part of an online scam campaign on social media.
Details
- type
- AI-enabled attackAttackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
- categories
- Deepfake fraudSynthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
- Deepfake fraud
- 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 exploitationUsed against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
- targets
- Individuals
- products
- deepfake
- incident date
- 17 Oct 2024
- first reported
- 17 Oct 2024
- origin
- AI Incident DatabaseDerived 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
- record
- created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json
Sources · 1
- 2024-10-17Video with Reportedly AI-Generated Media Purported to Show Croatian Physician Alemka Markotić Endorsing Hondrosol After False Murder Claim on FacebookAI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1459
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