Deepfake case study · Audio
Air traffic controllers and pilots deepfake (Aug 2025)
At DEF CON 33, an audio engineer demonstrated how air traffic controller voices can be cloned, potentially leading to dangerous instructions issued to pilots, such as instructing an aircraft to cross an active runway…
- Incident date
- Aug 2025
- Target
- Air traffic controllers and pilots
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
At DEF CON 33, an audio engineer demonstrated how air traffic controller voices can be cloned, potentially leading to dangerous instructions issued to pilots, such as instructing an aircraft to cross an active runway improperly.