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incidents/AIR-2025-0185

Deepfake of Western Australia Premier Roger Cook Used in YouTube Scam Ad

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers published a YouTube advertisement using an AI deepfake of Premier Roger Cook endorsing an investment scheme. Consumer protection authorities issued public warnings urging platforms to remove the fraudulent content.

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
YouTube
incident date
8 Nov 2025
first reported
8 Nov 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 · fraud · youtube · impersonation
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-11-08
    Alleged AI-Generated Deepfake of Western Australia Premier Roger Cook Used in YouTube Investment Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1261

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