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incidents/AIR-2024-0020

Survey Reports Over Half of Businesses Targeted by Deepfake Scams

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

Corporate surveys revealed that a majority of businesses in the US and UK faced deepfake scams impersonating executives. These AI-enabled attacks successfully caused multi-million dollar financial losses.

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
Enterprise deployment
products
Deepfake Voice and Video tools
incident date
3 Sep 2024
first reported
3 Sep 2024
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 · executive-impersonation · financial-fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2024-09-03
    53% of American and British Businesses Report Attacks by AI-Powered Deepfake Scams in 2024
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/800

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