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October 2026
·60- mixedAustin Riley
Scammers impersonated Atlanta Braves player Austin Riley on social media to deceive a fan into sending $2,000 under false pretenses
- videoEdimar Rocha Martins
A Brazilian man traveled 2,000 km to meet an AI-generated influencer after being misled by videos that simulated personal conversations, leaving him stranded
- imageEmily Blunt
Scam websites are using AI-generated images of actress Emily Blunt to impersonate a fictional baker named Elena to drive traffic to ad-monetized recipe blogs
- imageShashi Tharoor and Neha Bora
An AI-manipulated image circulating on social media falsely depicts Congress leader Shashi Tharoor alongside AISA National President Neha Bora
- videoRomain Gavras and the music video project Gener8ion
Users leveraged the Genjutsu AI tool to create unauthorized deepfake recreations of the music video Storm by replacing original performers with celebrities.
- Agentic AITaiwanese government systems
A hacking tool utilizing Hermes and OpenClaw AI agent frameworks autonomously mapped and compromised Taiwanese government systems to exfiltrate sensitive.
- videoAlameda County Superior Court housing case litigants
An Alameda County Superior Court judge dismissed a housing case after plaintiffs attempted to submit an AI-generated video as authentic witness testimony
- mixedJames Talarico, John Cornyn, Jasmine Crockett
Political advertisements featuring AI-generated images and audio of candidates James Talarico, John Cornyn, and Jasmine Crockett have appeared on television
- imageDominique “SonicFox” McLean
Professional gamer SonicFox cancelled their appearance at Nexcon 2026 after organizers used unauthorized generative AI to create promotional materials.
- imageKim Jong-un
An AI-generated image depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a hospital bed was identified and tracked by an authenticity assessment service in October.
- imageAbdel Fattah El-Sisi
The Egyptian government's Chat Egypt AI platform disabled its image-verification feature after failing to identify an AI-generated image of the Pink Panther
- videoNarendra Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman, and various state chief ministers
Fraudsters are utilizing deepfake videos of Indian political leaders in social media advertisements to promote fraudulent welfare schemes and steal money from.
- mixedOsceola County Sheriff Steve Moser
Scammers in Florida used AI voice cloning and a photograph of Osceola County Sheriff Steve Moser to deceive a local resident in a fraudulent phone call
- videoPrime Minister, finance ministers and chief ministers of India
Indian authorities have warned of a surge in financial fraud involving deepfake videos of the Prime Minister and other officials promoting fake government.
- mixedTG1 and Ferrari
Scammers utilized deepfake technology to impersonate the TG1 news brand and the voice of Ferrari to promote a fraudulent casino application
- mixedCaptain Steve Moser
Scammers in Florida are using AI voice cloning and official photos to impersonate a sheriff captain in a deceptive scheme involving fake arrest warrants
- Agentic AIUnnamed organization with a large multi-cloud environment
An autonomous AI agent executed a multi-cloud attack against an organization, performing rapid reconnaissance, credential harvesting, and lateral movement.
- videoGadi Eisenkot
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated video depicting political rival Gadi Eisenkot embracing an Arab politician to stir anti-Arab.
- mixedKenjiro Tsuda
Veteran voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda filed a lawsuit against a TikTok account that used generative AI to imitate his voice without authorization
- imageKnox Jolie-Pitt
An AI-generated image depicting Knox Jolie-Pitt shirtless on a London street was identified and flagged by an authenticity assessment tool
- Agentic AIDeere, SharkNinja, and Cummins
A Chinese-speaking hacker used autonomous AI agents to breach over 100 companies including Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins by probing 1,200 websites for $50.
- imageTulane women's pole vault team
An AI detection service identified a synthetic image depicting the Tulane women's pole vault team posing in athletic uniforms and cowboy boots
- videoPéter Magyar
A covert network of 34 anonymous TikTok accounts utilized AI-generated deepfakes and fabricated news reports to discredit Hungarian opposition leader Péter.
- imageDo Big Studios
A legal dispute between a French agency and Do Big Studios highlights the challenges of copyrighting AI-generated characters in the gaming industry
- videoDonald Trump
Donald Trump faced criticism after sharing an AI-generated video of himself wrestling a tiger shortly after posting footage of a fatal tiger attack
- imageWestern wear shop in Alice, Texas
A Western wear shop in Alice Texas lost over 600 dollars after a scammer successfully used an AI-generated receipt to secure a fraudulent refund for a.
- videoEdimar Martins
A Brazilian bricklayer sold his belongings and traveled 1,200 miles to meet an online romantic interest only to discover the persona was an AI-generated bot
- Agentic AIUnnamed customer of Sophos
Sophos researchers documented a threat actor deploying autonomous AI agents within a corporate network to rapidly develop and test malware modules against.
- imageImmigrant communities in the San Francisco Bay Area
AI-generated images depicting fake ICE raids are circulating in Bay Area immigrant community group chats causing widespread fear and disrupting daily life
- imagecustomers of a crochet business
A small business owner deceived customers by using AI-generated images to falsely represent the quality and diversity of their crochet clothing products
- mixedNeha Sharma
Actress Neha Sharma has issued a formal legal warning demanding the immediate removal of unauthorized AI-generated videos and images using her likeness
- audioAaron Painter's grandmother
Scammers used AI voice cloning to impersonate Aaron Painter in an attempt to defraud his grandmother by claiming he was in urgent trouble
- Agentic AIHugging Face
OpenAI agents bypassed internet restrictions during internal cybersecurity tests to access private data and execute code on Hugging Face servers
- mixedZohran Mamdani, Kathy Hochul, Hillary Clinton, Abdul El-Sayed, James Fishback, Ilhan Omar
During the 2026 midterms, political campaigns spent over $137 million on AI-generated ads, often using synthetic depictions of politicians without disclosure
- imageNancy Guthrie
Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer received ransom emails containing AI-generated images of missing person Nancy Guthrie to solicit Bitcoin payments
- Agentic AIseveral Indian companies
Indian cybersecurity agency CERT-In reported that autonomous AI agents used for research and evaluation accessed private records in live corporate systems.
- imageBilly Ramirez
Stanford University removed promotional banners after using generative AI to replace a Latino student with a different person and alter other students'.
- audioShinta Hinata
Voice actor Shinta Hinata discovered unauthorized AI-generated audio of his character from the anime series Chibi Maruko-chan singing songs he did not perform
- audioMandarin-speaking community members
Fraudsters are using AI voice cloning to impersonate medical professionals and target Mandarin-speaking community members for financial theft
- mixedFortune 500 companies
North Korean tech workers are using deepfake technology to impersonate job candidates and successfully infiltrate Fortune 500 companies during remote.
- videoCatherine Connolly
During the 2025 Irish presidential election a deepfake video falsely claimed candidate Catherine Connolly had withdrawn from the race
- videoVolodymyr Zelenskyy
A viral compilation video falsely depicts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy performing dance routines through the use of AI-generated deepfake.
- mixedSwarnim Wagle
Rastriya Swatantra Party leader Swarnim Wagle filed a formal complaint with the Nepal Police Cyber Bureau regarding a deepfake video and audio recording.
- Agentic AIAmap
A research group identified a fleet of autonomous AI agents scraping the Amap platform and attempting to bypass access restrictions using leaked keys.
- Agentic AIShane Mac
An AI agent created by CEO Shane Mac inadvertently exposed private financial data to a company Slack channel due to a chat identification error
- audioTsuda Kenjiro
Voice actor Tsuda Kenjiro successfully sued a TikTok user for unauthorized AI voice cloning, establishing a legal precedent for the protection of vocal.
- videoDeceased victim of a road rage incident
An Arizona appeals court overturned a criminal sentence after an AI-generated video of a deceased road rage victim was used during the sentencing process
- imageLane Kiffin
An AI-generated image depicting Lane Kiffin, George MacDonald, and Laura Loomer in an LSU football office was identified by detection software
- Agentic AIConnectWise and its customer organizations
China-aligned threat actor Storm-0940 leveraged the ARTEX agentic AI framework to automate supply chain attacks against ConnectWise and its downstream.
- videoNafisa Fai
A deepfake video of Washington County chair candidate Nafisa Fai went viral on X, falsely depicting her speaking in front of an upside-down U.S. flag
- videoUnnamed job recruiter
A recruiter identified a suspected deepfake job candidate by using a hand-wave gesture to test if the applicant was using a live digital face filter
- audioMasako Nozawa
Voice actor Masako Nozawa publicly condemned the unauthorized use of AI-generated videos that clone her voice, describing the practice as theft
- videoJohnny Bravo
A TikTok account featuring a hyperrealistic AI-generated influencer mimicking Johnny Bravo deceived viewers and fueled misleading financial success claims.
- Agentic AIElon Musk
Elon Musk accidentally exposed personal order details while promoting Grok, allowing a YouTuber to interact with Lego's customer-service AI to cancel the.
- videoAndrew Bailey
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has called for increased accountability from social media platforms following the emergence of fraudulent deepfake.
- videoHakeem Jeffries
President Donald Trump utilized AI-generated videos on Truth Social to mock political opponents including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries during a.
- mixedLaw enforcement officers
Law enforcement agencies report a rise in incidents where individuals use AI-generated media to create false evidence of police misconduct for harassment
- audioKhagendra (RSP member)
A political controversy in Nepal involves an audio recording of an RSP member accused of making threats which the subject claims is a deepfake
- imageMia Goth
A verified Instagram fan account posted a counterfeit AI-generated image of actress Mia Goth which was falsely reported by media as a real selfie
- videoIndividual victim on LinkedIn
A LinkedIn user was targeted in a pig butchering scam where perpetrators utilized deepfake video technology to build false trust and facilitate fraudulent.