THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Deepfake Incident Database

A live census of publicly reported deepfake and synthetic-media incidents — sort, filter and trace how attack types are trending across targets and time.
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Last 7 days10generated deepfakes▼ 37% vs prior 7d
Last 30 days76generated deepfakes▼ 28% vs prior 30d
Last 365 days1.5Kgenerated deepfakes▲ 108% vs prior 365d
Incidents2.3Kin period
Direct losses$1.3B159 incidents with verified losses
Media coverage4.6Kreports
Estimated reach633.5Bpotential monthly audience
Monthly incidents by attack type

Recorded threat activity

Solid = recorded · dashed = projected next 30 days
08216424532708/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/2609/26Next 30d
Weekly incidents

By victim

Recorded incidents
0163147622026-06-01: 51 incidentsJun 12026-06-08: 53 incidents2026-06-15: 57 incidentsJun 152026-06-22: 49 incidents2026-06-29: 62 incidentsJun 292026-07-06: 37 incidents2026-07-13: 36 incidentsJul 132026-07-20: 12 incidents2026-07-27: 22 incidentsJul 272026-08-03: 28 incidents2026-08-10: 15 incidentsAug 102026-08-17: 25 incidents2026-08-24: 16 incidentsAug 242026-08-31: 10 incidents
Intensity

Attack type heatmap

Monthly recorded incidents
10/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/2609/26
CSAM31418211323213817971
NCII8913967833299143
Corporate fraud778491371061491
Consumer fraud121626816812483736353
Political disinformation1516261115321682702612
Brand & reputation294246135241301167249131
Cross-analysis

Incident pivot

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Attack typeEnterprise/corporateGeneral publicGovernment/public sectorInstitutionalPrivate individualPublic figure / celebrityTotal
Brand & reputation120602442109406761
CSAM01012318241
Consumer fraud21030025725387
Corporate fraud1440191635187
NCII1221142112260
Political disinformation312289713215449
By modality2.3K
2.3K

Video38%

Image37%

Audio19%

Text5%

Unknown1%

By victim2.3K
2.3K

Public figure / celebrity34%

Private individual33%

General public13%

Enterprise/corporate12%

Government/public sector6%

Institutional3%

By impact2.3K

Low69%

Medium14%

High13%

Critical4%

Minimal1%

By target2.3K

Public figures1K

Private individual698

Employees160

Brands136

Government127

Institutional119

Voice relevance2.3K

Medium853

Low735

High599

Unknown98

Attack type2.3K

Brand & reputation761

Political disinformation449

Consumer fraud387

NCII260

CSAM241

Corporate fraud187

Financial harm

Monthly verified direct losses

Reported losses shown in USD
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DateTargetIncidentAttackImpactReports
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