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incidents/AIR-2025-0160

Deepfake Impersonation Campaign Promotes NethertoxAGENT Fraud

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Fabricated news sites and deepfake videos impersonated Maltese ministers and media figures to promote an investment scam. The synthetic content misled social media users and induced financial losses.

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
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
products
NethertoxAGENT
incident date
27 Oct 2025
first reported
27 Oct 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 · investment-fraud · social-engineering
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-10-27
    Alleged Fabricated News Sites and Deepfakes Impersonated Maltese Ministers, Financial Experts, and Media to Promote NethertoxAGENT Fraud
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1290

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