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incidents/AIR-2024-0054

Deepfake of Former Maltese Prime Minister Promotes Crypto Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Doctored video footage overlaid with AI-generated audio falsely depicted a former prime minister endorsing a fraudulent crypto platform. The manipulated video was distributed widely through social media.

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
incident date
12 Apr 2024
first reported
12 Apr 2024
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 · crypto-scam · impersonation
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-04-12
    Deepfake of Former Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat Allegedly Promotes Nord Invest Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/936

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