South Korean Actor Kim Seon-ho's Likeness Allegedly Misused in Purported Deepfake Impersonation Attempts Demanding Money
Date: 2025-08-19
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Kim Seon Ho
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1185: South Korean Actor Kim Seon-ho's Likeness Allegedly Misused in Purported Deepfake Impersonation Attempts Demanding Money. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Kim Seon Ho. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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