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incidents/AIR-2024-0035

Deepfake Audio Depicts Philippines President Ordering Military Action

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

A deepfake audio clip portraying Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordering a military attack spread online. The government debunked the recording as fake and attributed it to foreign actors.

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
Not applicable
products
deepfake audio
incident date
24 Apr 2024
first reported
24 Apr 2024
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · audio-generation · geopolitics
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-04-24
    Alleged Deepfake Audio Depicts Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Ordering Military Action
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/676

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