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incidents/AIR-2025-0063

ProKYC: Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Threat actors marketed a deepfake tool called ProKYC to generate fake identity documents and selfie videos to bypass financial KYC checks. The tool defeats facial recognition and liveness tests to establish fraudulent accounts.

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
ProKYC
incident date
9 Oct 2024
first reported
7 Nov 2025
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · fraud · kyc · biometrics
record
created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z · json

Sources · 4

  1. 2025-11-07
    ProKYC: Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks
    MITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0034
  2. 2025-11-07
    AIID Incident 819: ProKYC Tool Allegedly Facilitates Deepfake-Based Account Fraud on Cryptocurrency Exchanges
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/819
  3. 2025-11-07
    Cato CTRL Threat Research: ProKYC - Deepfake Tool for Account Fraud Attacks
    catonetworks.com · catonetworks.com/blog/prokyc-selling-deepfake-tool-for-account-fraud-attacks
  4. 2025-11-07
    ProKYC: Synthetic Identity Fraud as a Service
    idscan.net · idscan.net/blog/prokyc-synthetic-identity-fraud

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