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Deepfake of FTX's Former CEO Posted on Twitter Aiming to Scam FTX Collapse Victims

November 22, 2022

A visual and audio deepfake of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was posted on Twitter to scam victims of the exchange's collapse by urging people to transfer funds into an anonymous cryptocurrency wallet.
Alleged deployer
unknown
Alleged developer
unknown
Alleged harmed parties
victims-of-ftx's-collapse, twitter-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/422

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