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incidents/AIR-2025-0074

Real-Time Deepfake Video Used to Impersonate Veriff CEO in WhatsApp Fraud

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers attempted to defraud a Veriff employee using a live deepfake video call impersonating the company CEO. The employee noticed inconsistencies, verified the fraud via Slack, and prevented any financial loss.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraudprimary
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
  • AI phishing / social engineering
    Phishing, lures and social engineering produced or personalised at scale with AI.
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
WhatsApp
incident date
1 May 2025
first reported
1 May 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 · social_engineering · whatsapp
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-05-01
    Scammers Reportedly Used Real-Time Deepfake Video to Impersonate Veriff CEO Kaarel Kotkas in WhatsApp Fraud Attempt
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1502

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