Purported Deepfake Videos Reportedly Impersonated Yanis Varoufakis on YouTube and Social Media
Date: 2026-01-05
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Deepfake Content Creators, Unknown Deepfake Content Creators Impersonating Yanis Varoufakis
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1331: Purported Deepfake Videos Reportedly Impersonated Yanis Varoufakis on YouTube and Social Media. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Deepfake Content Creators, Unknown Deepfake Content Creators Impersonating Yanis Varoufakis. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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