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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 days13generated deepfakes▲ 18% vs prior 7d
Last 30 days71generated deepfakes▼ 28% vs prior 30d
Last 365 days1.5Kgenerated deepfakes▲ 106% vs prior 365d
Incidents2.3Kin period
Direct losses$1.3B161 incidents with verified losses
Media coverage4.7Kreports
Estimated reach635.9Bpotential monthly audience
Monthly incidents by attack type

Recorded threat activity

Solid = recorded · dashed = projected next 30 days
08216424632808/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/2609/26Next 30d
Weekly incidents

By victim

Recorded incidents
0163247632026-06-08: 53 incidentsJun 82026-06-15: 57 incidents2026-06-22: 49 incidentsJun 222026-06-29: 63 incidents2026-07-06: 37 incidentsJul 62026-07-13: 36 incidents2026-07-20: 12 incidentsJul 202026-07-27: 22 incidents2026-08-03: 28 incidentsAug 32026-08-10: 15 incidents2026-08-17: 25 incidentsAug 172026-08-24: 16 incidents2026-08-31: 13 incidentsAug 312026-09-07: 9 incidents
Intensity

Attack type heatmap

Monthly recorded incidents
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CSAM31418211323213818971
NCII8913967833299144
Corporate fraud778591371061591
Consumer fraud121626816812483736358
Political disinformation15162611153216837026124
Brand & reputation294246135241301167249133
Cross-analysis

Incident pivot

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Attack typeEnterprise/corporateGeneral publicGovernment/public sectorInstitutionalPrivate individualPublic figure / celebrityTotal
Brand & reputation120602442111406763
CSAM01012328242
Consumer fraud21040026125392
Corporate fraud1440191736189
NCII1221142113261
Political disinformation312390713218454
By modality2.3K
2.3K

Video39%

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 figures1.1K

Private individual701

Employees161

Brands136

Government130

Institutional119

Voice relevance2.3K

Medium862

Low738

High602

Unknown99

Attack type2.3K

Brand & reputation763

Political disinformation454

Consumer fraud392

NCII261

CSAM242

Corporate fraud189

Financial harm

Monthly verified direct losses

Reported losses shown in USD
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