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incidents/AIR-2025-0139

Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Fraud

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Scammers circulated AI-manipulated videos of Cypriot officials to endorse fraudulent financial platforms. Several individuals suffered significant financial losses as a result of the investment scam.

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
incident date
12 May 2025
first reported
12 May 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
deepfake · fraud · investment-scam
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-05-12
    Purported AI-Manipulated Videos of Cypriot Officials Circulated in Alleged Investment Fraud
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1063

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