Yahoo Boys Allegedly Using AI-Generated News Videos to Blackmail Sextortion Victims
Date: 2025-01-27
Affected: Brouteurs, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers In Ghana, Scammers In Nigeria, Scammers In West Africa, Yahoo Boys
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #913: Yahoo Boys Allegedly Using AI-Generated News Videos to Blackmail Sextortion Victims. Alleged deployer/developer: Brouteurs, Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers In Ghana, Scammers In Nigeria, Scammers In West Africa, Yahoo Boys. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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