Scammers Allegedly Use Deepfake of Hong Kong Entertainer Andy Lau to Steal NT$2.64 Million from Fan
Date: 2024-06-27
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Andy Lau, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #739: Scammers Allegedly Use Deepfake of Hong Kong Entertainer Andy Lau to Steal NT$2.64 Million from Fan. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Scammers, Scammers Impersonating Andy Lau, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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