Bank of Italy Warned That Purported Deepfakes of Governor Fabio Panetta Were Used in Allegedly Fraudulent Investment Promotions
Date: 2026-02-26
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Fabio Panetta
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1429: Bank of Italy Warned That Purported Deepfakes of Governor Fabio Panetta Were Used in Allegedly Fraudulent Investment Promotions. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Image Generation Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Fabio Panetta. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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