HTML/Nomani Deepfake Phishing Campaigns Allegedly Use AI-Generated Content to Defraud Social Media Users
December 16, 2024
AI-generated deepfakes were reportedly used in the "HTML/Nomani" phishing campaign to mimic legitimate platforms like booking services and lured victims into investment scams. These scams allegedly leveraged realistic fake content to deceive users on social media for the purposes of financial fraud. This campaign was part of the rising misuse of AI in cybercrime during the second half of 2024.
- Alleged deployer
- htmlnomani, unknown-scammers
- Alleged developer
- unknown-deepfake-technology-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- phishing-victims, booking.com-customers, booking.com, airbnb-users, airbnb
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/877
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