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incidents/AIR-2026-0415

AI Voice Cloning Used in Missouri Kidnapping Ransom Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Scammers used an AI-generated voice clone to impersonate a resident's daughter in a fake kidnapping ransom call. Authorities located the daughter safely with no financial loss.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • 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
Individuals
products
Voice cloning tool
incident date
17 Jul 2026
first reported
17 Jul 2026
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
voice-cloning · extortion · deepfake
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-07-17
    Scammers Allegedly Used AI-Generated Voice in Boone County, Missouri, Kidnapping Ransom Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1615

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