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incidents/AIR-2026-0366

Seth Rudetsky Loses Facebook Page in AI-Assisted Social Engineering Scam

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationAI phishing / social engineering

Scammers used an AI-composed invitation to trick a radio host into granting Facebook permissions, resulting in hijacked page access. The incident compromised both personal and marketing accounts.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • 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
Facebook
incident date
18 Aug 2026
first reported
18 Aug 2026
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
social-engineering · phishing · account-takeover
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-08-18
    Broadway Performer and SiriusXM Host Seth Rudetsky Reportedly Lost Facebook Page Access in Purportedly AI-Assisted Scam Impersonating Comedian Nikki Glaser
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1664

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