Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams
Date: 2025-07-04
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Targeting Malaysian Public Figures
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1136: Purported Widespread Use of AI-Generated Deepfake Videos Impersonate Malaysian Leaders in Investment Scams. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Targeting Malaysian Public Figures. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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