Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment
Date: 2025-02-17
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Robert Abela And Mark Laurence Zammit, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #935: Reported Deepfake of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and Journalist Mark Laurence Zammit Used to Promote Fraudulent Investment. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Robert Abela And Mark Laurence Zammit, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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