Purported Deepfake Impersonating Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides Reportedly Defrauded Citizens of Thousands of Euros
Date: 2025-12-06
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Nikos Christodoulides, Unknown Scammers In Cyprus
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1293: Purported Deepfake Impersonating Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides Reportedly Defrauded Citizens of Thousands of Euros. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scammers Impersonating Nikos Christodoulides, Unknown Scammers In Cyprus. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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