Deepfake case study · Video
YouTube creators deepfake (Mar 2025)
Scammers sent phishing emails seemingly from YouTube, including a deepfake video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, to steal account information. One creator with 500,000 subscribers narrowly avoided being hacked. Over…
- Incident date
- Mar 2025
- Target
- YouTube creators
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Scammers sent phishing emails seemingly from YouTube, including a deepfake video of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, to steal account information. One creator with 500,000 subscribers narrowly avoided being hacked. Over 200,000 creators faced similar attempts recently.