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incidents/AIR-2025-0116

Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy Used in Diabetes Scam

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Scammers used AI-generated deepfake videos of medical experts to promote a fake diabetes cure on social media. The scheme deceived individuals into stopping prescribed medications.

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
products
deepfake generator
incident date
30 Apr 2025
first reported
30 Apr 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.85 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · fraud · social-media
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-04-30
    Purported Deepfake Featuring Dr. Rinki Murphy and Jack Tame Reportedly Used to Promote Diabetes Scam in New Zealand
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1102

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