Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela Reportedly Deepfaked by a Ukrainian National in Cryptocurrency Fraud Targeting Local Residents
Date: 2025-07-28
Affected: Deepfake Creators, Deepfake Technology Developers, Kateryna Izotkina, Maria Lipinski, Money Launderers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1289: Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela Reportedly Deepfaked by a Ukrainian National in Cryptocurrency Fraud Targeting Local Residents. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Creators, Deepfake Technology Developers, Kateryna Izotkina, Maria Lipinski, Money Launderers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Synthetic Media Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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