Purported Deepfake Applicant Reportedly Impersonated Tokyo IT Executive Kenbun Yoshii During Online Job Interview
Date: 2026-03-19
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Fake Job Applicant(s)
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1421: Purported Deepfake Applicant Reportedly Impersonated Tokyo IT Executive Kenbun Yoshii During Online Job Interview. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Fake Job Applicant(s). See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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