Reported AI-Generated Video Call Impersonation of Cryptocurrency Analyst Leads to Alleged Malware Installation and Account Theft
Date: 2025-06-19
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammer Impersonating Acquaintance Of Mai Fujimoto
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1111: Reported AI-Generated Video Call Impersonation of Cryptocurrency Analyst Leads to Alleged Malware Installation and Account Theft. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammer Impersonating Acquaintance Of Mai Fujimoto. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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