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incidents/AIR-2024-0003

Storm-1376 Uses AI for Disinformation Targeting US and Taiwan Voters

AI-enabled attack3 Confirmed exploitationDeepfake fraud

Threat actor Storm-1376 deployed AI-generated imagery and audio to influence political perceptions and elections in the US and Taiwan. The covert influence campaign was detailed in a Microsoft threat report.

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
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Enterprise deployment
incident date
5 Apr 2024
first reported
5 Apr 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
storm-1376 · disinformation · influence-operation · state-actor
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-04-05
    China Reportedly Intensifying AI to Spread Disinformation to U.S. and Taiwanese Voters
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/663

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