Purported Deepfake TikTok Account Using Grainville School Branding in Jersey Reportedly Targeted Staff, Prompting Police Probe
Date: 2026-02-16
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Malicious Actors, Unknown Tiktok Users
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1394: Purported Deepfake TikTok Account Using Grainville School Branding in Jersey Reportedly Targeted Staff, Prompting Police Probe. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Malicious Actors, Unknown Tiktok Users. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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