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incidents/AIR-2025-0183

Scammers Impersonate Italian Defense Minister with AI Voice Clone to Steal Funds

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Fraudsters cloned Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto's voice to solicit ransom payments from business executives, stealing nearly one million euros from one victim. Law enforcement subsequently intervened and froze the transferred funds.

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
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
incident date
4 Feb 2025
first reported
4 Feb 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 · voice-cloning · social-engineering · fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-02-04
    Fraudsters Allegedly Use AI-Generated Voice of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to Scam Business Leaders
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/927

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