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incidents/AIR-2024-0009

Scammers Target School Community Members with AI Voice Cloning Kidnapping Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraudAI phishing / social engineering

Fraudsters employed AI voice cloning technology to impersonate family members in fraudulent kidnapping extortion phone calls. The cyber-enabled social engineering scheme targeted multiple members of a public school community.

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
Individuals
products
voice cloning software
incident date
25 Sep 2024
first reported
25 Sep 2024
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
voice-cloning · deepfake · extortion · social-engineering
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-09-25
    Two Members of Highline Public Schools Community in King County, Washington Reportedly Targeted in Deepfake Kidnapping Scam
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/947

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