Scammers Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone and YouTube Footage to Impersonate WPP CEO in Unsuccessful Scam Attempt
Date: 2024-05-10
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Mark Read, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #983: Scammers Reportedly Used AI Voice Clone and YouTube Footage to Impersonate WPP CEO in Unsuccessful Scam Attempt. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Mark Read, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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