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Two Members of Highline Public Schools Community in King County, Washington Reportedly Targeted in Deepfake Kidnapping Scam

September 25, 2024

Two members of the Highline Public Schools community in Burien, a town in King County, Washington, were reportedly targeted in a deepfake kidnapping scam. Scammers utilized AI-generated voice cloning technology to convincingly mimic the voices of their family members. The use of such deceptive tactics highlights the importance of safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping the future of AI governance, JOIN US (HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM) (Govern) to help prevent such incidents.

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Alleged deployer
unknown-scammers
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
highline-public-schools, families-of-highline-public-schools

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/947

Data source

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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