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incidents/AIR-2025-0192

Live Deepfake Impersonates DNB Bank Executives in Fraudulent Teams Meeting

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Threat actors deployed synthetic video and audio clones of DNB Bank executives during a Microsoft Teams meeting to order fraudulent fund transfers. Staff detected the impersonation before any financial transfer was completed.

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
Enterprise deployment
products
Microsoft Teams
incident date
21 Jan 2025
first reported
21 Jan 2025
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 · ceo-fraud · social-engineering · bec
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-01-21
    Purportedly AI-Generated Deepfake Reportedly Used to Impersonate DNB Bank CFO and CEO in Live Teams Meeting
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1246

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