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Date Target Incident Attack Impact Rpts Reach Damage
Aug 12, 2026 Private individual Reported deepfake video glitch leads to arrest of digital certificate fraudster in Spain Help Net Security Corporate fraud Low 1 500K — Aug 11, 2026 Private individual I ended my engagement after discovering some serious things, but sometimes I second guess myself. Did I make the right decision? r/BreakUps NCII High 1 500K — Aug 11, 2026 Private individual Reported creation of AI-generated sexual material involving an ex-partner leads to broken engagement r/ChristianDating NCII High 1 500K — Aug 9, 2026 Restaurant Owner, Employee Overnight restaurant scammer impersonated the owner — then impersonated ME and “quit” my job r/Scams Corporate fraud Medium 1 500K — Aug 9, 2026 PM Modi Reddit Post Cites Meta Apology for Deepfakes Involving PM Modi r/RightWingIndia Political disinformation Medium 1 500K — Aug 9, 2026 Govindbhai Dholakia Reported deepfake video scam impersonates industrialist Govindbhai Dholakia to defraud individuals in Rajkot Bhaskar English Consumer fraud Low 1 500K — Aug 9, 2026 Private individual Apple reportedly threatened to remove Grok from App Store over nude deepfake complaints AOL.com CSAM High 1 50M — Aug 9, 2026 Employees Reported AI Voice Cloning Contributed to Business Email Scam Losses Exceeding $3 Billion Startup Fortune Corporate fraud Critical 1 500K $25.6M Aug 8, 2026 Royal Bengal Tiger Reported AI Hoax: Odisha Man Detained Over Fake Tiger Pugmarks and Video OdishaBytes Political disinformation High 1 500K — Aug 8, 2026 Georgia Horton Reported deepfake victim urges better AI regulation after explicit image creation BBC NCII High 2 1.2B — Aug 8, 2026 Government AI deepfakes reportedly used in digital arrest scams r/u_UPSCPrelimsQuestions Consumer fraud High 1 500K — Aug 7, 2026 his father Reported WhatsApp scam costs Hong Kong man $1.27 million after criminals allegedly used AI voice notes to impersonate his father TechRadar Consumer fraud Critical 2 50M $1.3M Aug 7, 2026 Donald Trump Reported deepfake Super Bowl ad featuring Donald Trump allegedly leads to $500K wire transfer r/investorclaims Consumer fraud High 1 500K $500,000 Aug 6, 2026 public figure Reported deepfake scam on TikTok targeting public figure's followers r/TikTok Consumer fraud Medium 1 500K — Aug 6, 2026 Private individual 'Slap in the face': Reported victim of AI deepfake attack criticizes House stonewalling of AOC’s anti-abuse bill video NCII High 1 60M — Aug 6, 2026 victim's brother Reported AI Voice Cloning Scam Costs Ontario Woman Over $12K audio Consumer fraud Medium 1 500K — Aug 5, 2026 Private individual How are scammers using AI to empty out retirement accounts? r/investorclaims Consumer fraud Critical 1 500K — Aug 5, 2026 Private individual Reported AI deepfake investment fraud, with attorney Courtney Werning discussing a Ghana-based operator allegedly causing $15 million in losses r/CryptoCourtLaw Consumer fraud Critical 1 500K — Aug 5, 2026 Citadel, Point72 Asset Management, Two Sigma Investments, Millennium Management Citadel, Point72, Two Sigma, and Millennium reportedly targeted in coordinated AI-assisted vishing campaign r/AIxProduct Corporate fraud Low 4 2M — Aug 5, 2026 Private individual OpenAI Disrupts Poipet Scam Network Using ChatGPT Across Multiple Fraud Schemes r/SecOpsDaily Consumer fraud Medium 1 500K — Aug 5, 2026 Wall Street's Biggest Hedge Funds Wall Street's Biggest Hedge Funds Reportedly Targeted by Hackers in AI Voice Scam Benzinga Corporate fraud Medium 2 1M — Aug 5, 2026 Government Reported Surge in Synthetic Media and Deepfake Disinformation Allegedly Targeting Naval Incidents in Strait of Hormuz Crisis r/GeopoliticsMicroscope Political disinformation Medium 1 45M — Aug 4, 2026 Elaina St. James, Jessieanna Campbell, Shaghana Doyle, Jaimie Smiles OnlyFans creators' deepfaked likenesses reportedly used in scams to defraud fans video Consumer fraud Medium 1 120M — Aug 4, 2026 OnlyFans creators Reported AI Scammers Impersonating OnlyFans Creators in Sick-Kid Donation Scam Gadget Review Consumer fraud High 2 1M — Aug 4, 2026 Private individual Reported harassment and impersonation involving AI-generated documents r/legaladvice Brand & reputation Medium 1 500K — Aug 4, 2026 female track and field athletes Hyogo Man Arrested Over Alleged AI-Generated Nude Images Tokyo Weekender CSAM Critical 1 500K — Aug 3, 2026 Institutional Reported fabrication of 'bullshit satellite images' using Google Earth's new AI feature r/Purtle Political disinformation Medium 1 500K — Aug 3, 2026 Celebrities and medical professionals (e.g., Oprah Winfrey) Deepfake AI scam uses celebrity likenesses to push fake supplements, BBB warns WGEM Consumer fraud Low 1 500K $400 Aug 2, 2026 Dominik Hašek, Maurice Richard, and other hockey players Reported misleading AI-generated content impersonates hockey players on YouTube r/hockey Consumer fraud Medium 1 500K — Aug 2, 2026 Tennessee girls Tennessee girls reportedly sue Grok and Stability AI over explicit AI deepfakes Fox17.com CSAM Critical 1 500K — Jul 31, 2026 Brands Advertisement for domain names, including 'VerifySynthetics.com' for deepfake detection r/domainflipping Brand & reputation Minimal 1 500K — Jul 31, 2026 Matthew McConaughey Reported use of AI-generated Matthew McConaughey voice in radio ads r/AskLegal Brand & reputation Minimal 1 500K — Jul 30, 2026 Private individual Reported: SoundKino.com allegedly uses AI to impersonate creators r/NameCheap Brand & reputation Medium 1 500K — Jul 29, 2026 Jair Bolsonaro Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro reportedly denies authorizing deepfake for election message Yahoo Political disinformation High 2 3B — Jul 28, 2026 Private individual Reported Misuse of Hugging Face Platform for Nonconsensual Deepfakes Targeting Women and Children The Verge CSAM Critical 1 60M — Jul 28, 2026 Private individual Reported CryptoPump Automaton: Unknown Financial Threat Group allegedly using AI for pump-and-dump schemes r/SentinelAIWatch Consumer fraud Medium 1 500K — Jul 28, 2026 Private individual Boone County cybercrime task force refocuses after AI voice ransom scam, no leads yet audio Consumer fraud Low 1 500K — Jul 28, 2026 Columbia woman's daughter Boone County cybercrime task force investigates alleged AI voice cloning ransom scam KRCG Consumer fraud Medium 3 50.5M — Jul 28, 2026 Joe Ganim, Paul Ganim Reported AI deepfake campaign ad appears in Connecticut election, allegedly featuring synthetic voices and video of politicians CT Insider Political disinformation Medium 1 500K — Jul 27, 2026 Grok, Stability AI Tennessee girls take Grok, Stability AI to court over explicit AI deepfakes WZTV CSAM Critical 2 1M — Jul 27, 2026 Private individual Reported generation of unauthorized, explicit, and sexualized synthetic images of minors and adults via X's AI chatbot, Grok, sparks public outcry r/europeanunion CSAM High 1 500K — Jul 27, 2026 York County Sheriff’s Office deputies Reported Scam Targets Residents With AI Voice Cloning of Deputies GovTech Consumer fraud Minimal 1 500K — Jul 27, 2026 Private individual CFA Complaint Against Speechify for Facilitating AI Voice Cloning Impersonation Scams audio Consumer fraud Low 1 500K — Jul 27, 2026 Private individual Reported Hiring Fraud: A CPO’s Experience Interviewing a Deep Fake video Corporate fraud Low 1 500K — Jul 27, 2026 Nitin Gadkari Indian Court Orders Meta, Google to Reveal Deepfake Uploaders of Cabinet Minister Tech Times Political disinformation High 1 500K — Jul 27, 2026 Elon Musk and his family Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Elon Musk And Family Walking Together Was AI-Generated From A Single Photo Lead Stories Brand & reputation Minimal 2 500K — Jul 26, 2026 Public figures Inside the influencer nightmare of being cloned for deepfake ads: ‘It’s you, but you know it’s not you’ New York Post Brand & reputation Medium 1 200M — Jul 26, 2026 actual deputies Reported AI voice cloning scam targets central Pa. residents, impersonating deputies PennLive.com Consumer fraud Minimal 1 500K — Jul 26, 2026 Employees Hacker claims to have amassed ¥1 billion using AI deepfakes to scam Japanese firms r/japancrime Corporate fraud Critical 1 500K — Jul 24, 2026 Staff and former students of A.B. Paterson College Former Gold Coast teacher charged with allegedly making explicit AI child exploitation images Nine.com.au CSAM Critical 1 500K — 
