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incidents/AIR-2025-0090

Kimsuky Group Uses AI-Generated Military ID Deepfakes in Phishing

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI phishing / social engineeringDeepfake fraud

A known threat group carried out a targeted phishing campaign using AI-generated deepfake military identification cards. The malicious emails distributed secondary malware payloads disguised as office updates.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • AI phishing / social engineeringprimary
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
  • 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 ID generator
incident date
17 Jul 2025
first reported
17 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
kimsuky · deepfake · phishing · malware
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-07-17
    North Korea's Kimsuky Group Reportedly Uses AI-Generated Military ID Deepfakes in Phishing Campaign
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1208

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