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incidents/AIR-2025-0176

AI Voice Clone of ASEAN Leader Targets Thai Prime Minister in Fraud Attempt

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers used synthetic voice generation to impersonate an unnamed ASEAN leader in a voice message sent to Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. The fraudulent message solicited a donation under false pretenses, but the attempt was recognized and publicized.

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
incident date
15 Jan 2025
first reported
15 Jan 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 · voice-cloning · impersonation · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-01-15
    Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra Claims AI Voice Scam Impersonated ASEAN Leader Requesting Money
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/902

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