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incidents/AIR-2025-0093

Resident Used AI Chatbots to Harass and Intimidate Victims

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

An individual pleaded guilty to cyberstalking charges after leveraging AI tools and chatbots to create deepfake pornography, impersonate victims, and distribute doctored content. The multi-year campaign caused significant harm to multiple individuals.

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
CrushOn.ai, JanitorAI
incident date
23 Jan 2025
first reported
23 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
cyberstalking · deepfake · harassment · chatbots
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-01-23
    Plymouth, Massachusetts Resident Reportedly Used AI Chatbots CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI to Harass and Intimidate Victims
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/916

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