Reported AI‑Generated Deepfake Impersonations of Public Figures Allegedly Used in Coordinated Stock Pump‑and‑Dump Scheme Targeting Israeli Investors
Date: 2025-04-01
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scam Network Linked To Aigenerated Deepfake Campaign Promoting Ost Stock
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1154: Reported AI‑Generated Deepfake Impersonations of Public Figures Allegedly Used in Coordinated Stock Pump‑and‑Dump Scheme Targeting Israeli Investors. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers, Unknown Scam Network Linked To Aigenerated Deepfake Campaign Promoting Ost Stock. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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