Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Nirmala Sitharaman and CNN News18 anchor deepfake (Mar 2025)
A deepfake video of Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promoting a fraudulent automated bank account system is circulating online. The video also features a CNN News18 anchor. The deepfake was created by…
- Incident date
- Mar 2025
- Target
- Nirmala Sitharaman and CNN News18 anchor
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A deepfake video of Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promoting a fraudulent automated bank account system is circulating online. The video also features a CNN News18 anchor. The deepfake was created by combining original videos of Sitharaman discussing the Union Budget 2025 and the CNN News18 anchor reporting on the 2024 Maharashtra elections. AI detection tools confirmed the video and audio as AI-manipulated.