Deepfake case study · Audio
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the cities of Menlo Park, Redwood City, and Palo Alto deepfake…
Crosswalk signals in several Peninsula cities (Menlo Park, Redwood City, and Palo Alto) were hacked to play AI-generated audio messages impersonating Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The messages included Musk…
- Incident date
- Apr 2025
- Target
- Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the cities of Menlo Park, Redwood City, and Palo Alto
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Crosswalk signals in several Peninsula cities (Menlo Park, Redwood City, and Palo Alto) were hacked to play AI-generated audio messages impersonating Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The messages included Musk welcoming people to Palo Alto and promoting Cybertrucks, and Zuckerberg making light of the situation and suggesting there's nothing people can do to stop it.