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incidents/AIR-2025-0117

Deepfake Campaign Impersonates Lithuanian Politicians in Scams

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers deployed AI-generated deepfake videos mimicking public figures and media outlets across multiple EU countries. The campaign promoted fraudulent products and aimed to extract money from victims.

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
products
Facebook
incident date
28 Jun 2025
first reported
28 Jun 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 · fraud · social-engineering · cross-border
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-06-28
    Alleged Deepfake Videos Impersonate Lithuanian Politicians and Doctors in Purported Cross-Border Scam Network
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1119

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