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incidents/AIR-2023-0022

FBI Reports Surge in Sextortion Involving AI-Generated Explicit Media

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Law enforcement noted a significant increase in extortion cases where attackers used synthetic explicit images and videos generated from victim photos. This campaign targeted multiple individuals across online platforms.

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
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
products
Deepfake generation tools
incident date
1 Apr 2023
first reported
1 Apr 2023
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
sextortion · deepfake · extortion
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2023-04-01
    FBI Reported Surge of Extortion Cases of AI Media Featuring Sexual Explicit Activities
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/551

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