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incidents/AIR-2025-0165

Deepfake Video Scam Impersonates Indonesian President Across Provinces

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Fraudsters deployed AI-generated video clips of political leaders on social media to trick citizens into paying for fake financial aid. Police arrested suspects following widespread dissemination across multiple provinces.

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
deepfake video generation tools
incident date
2 Mar 2025
first reported
2 Mar 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 · video_fraud · social_engineering
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-03-02
    Deepfake Video of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Other Officials Reportedly Used in Scam to Defraud Citizens Across 20 Provinces
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/959

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