New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, Reportedly Flags Purported Deepfake Pump-and-Dump Network Using Social Media Ads
Date: 2025-08-19
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating New Zealand Business Leaders
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1227: New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, Reportedly Flags Purported Deepfake Pump-and-Dump Network Using Social Media Ads. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating New Zealand Business Leaders. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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