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incidents/AIR-2025-0082

AI-Themed Investment Scam Network Used Cloaking Across Domains

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossAI phishing / social engineeringDeepfake fraud

Threat actors deployed Keitaro Tracker infrastructure to cloak and route AI-themed investment scams across 15,500 domains. The campaigns utilized deepfake videos, generative AI copy, and fraudulent trading platforms to target victims.

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
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
products
Keitaro Tracker
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
0.85 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
investment_scam · deepfake · cloaking · financial_fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-10-01
    AI-Themed Investment Scam Network Reportedly Used Keitaro Cloaking Across 15,500 Domains
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1486

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