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incidents/AIR-2024-0058

Ferrari Executive Targeted in Failed AI Voice Clone Scam Impersonating CEO Benedetto Vigna

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

A scammer used an AI-generated voice clone of Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna over WhatsApp to request an urgent financial transaction. The targeted executive identified abnormal vocal intonations and thwarted the fraud attempt with verification questions.

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
Enterprise deployment, Individuals
products
WhatsApp
incident date
16 Jul 2024
first reported
16 Jul 2024
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 · voice-cloning · ferrari · vishing · social-engineering
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-07-16
    Ferrari Executive Targeted by AI Deepfake Scam Impersonating CEO Benedetto Vigna
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/966

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