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incidents/AIR-2022-0039

Deepfake of Former FTX CEO Used on Twitter in Cryptocurrency Scam Attempt

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Fraudsters posted synthetic video and audio depicting former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried directing collapse victims to an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet. The malicious campaign leveraged social media accounts to deceive users seeking restitution.

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
22 Nov 2022
first reported
22 Nov 2022
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 · crypto-scam · impersonation · twitter
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2022-11-22
    Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/422

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