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incidents/AIR-2025-0087

Deepfake of Presidential Candidate Used in Investment Scam Ads on Meta

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Scammers circulated deepfake videos cloning a political candidate to endorse fraudulent investment schemes on social media. The synthetic media aimed to exploit public trust for financial fraud.

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
Meta
products
Meta Platforms
incident date
11 Sep 2025
first reported
11 Sep 2025
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 · investment-scam · social-media
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-09-11
    Purported AI-Generated Deepfake of Irish Fine Gael Presidential Candidate Heather Humphreys Used in Fake Investment Videos on Meta Platforms
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1207

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