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incidents/AIR-2025-0154

Deepfake video of Donald Trump used in YouTube cryptocurrency scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Live streams on YouTube featured an AI-generated deepfake video of Donald Trump promoting a fraudulent Bitcoin giveaway. Viewers were directed to scan QR codes and send cryptocurrency to scam addresses.

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
products
YouTube
incident date
7 Jul 2025
first reported
7 Jul 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 · crypto-scam · youtube · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-07-07
    Purported Deepfake Video of Donald Trump at NATO Summit Allegedly Used in YouTube Crypto Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1153

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