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Supervising government engineer deepfake (Jul 2025)
A contractor allegedly used AI to generate a fake image of a paved road from an unpaved road. The contractor sent the image to a supervising government engineer via WhatsApp, who then approved payment without inspection.
- Incident date
- Jul 2025
- Target
- Supervising government engineer
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A contractor allegedly used AI to generate a fake image of a paved road from an unpaved road. The contractor sent the image to a supervising government engineer via WhatsApp, who then approved payment without inspection.