Topic · Deepfake fraud
Deepfake fraud: incidents, guidance and rules
cisonews.ai has logged 6 publicly reported deepfake fraud incidents, with event dates from January 21, 2024 to October 27, 2026.
The most recent is "City of London Police reports £24.3m lost to AI deepfake investment fraud" (affected: UK investment fraud victims (Report Fraud / City of London Police)); each entry below links to its sourced write-up, followed by 1 explainer and 4 related rules and standards.
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- Incidents
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- Explainers
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- Rules and standards
Collected from 11 pages on this site, newest addition October 31, 2026. Every fact sits on the linked page with its sources.
Incidents, newest first
Full log →- 2026-10-27City of London Police reports £24.3m lost to AI deepfake investment fraudAffected: UK investment fraud victims (Report Fraud / City of London Police)
- 2025-05-15FBI warns of AI-generated voice messages impersonating senior US officialsAffected: Current or former senior US federal or state government officials and their contacts
- 2024-10-14Hong Kong police break up deepfake romance scam syndicateAffected: Victims of a Hong Kong romance and investment scam syndicate
- 2024-05-10Deepfake impersonation attempt targeting WPP leadershipAffected: WPP
- 2024-02Arup deepfake video-conference fraud in Hong KongAffected: Arup
- 2024-01-21AI-generated robocall impersonated President Biden ahead of NH primaryAffected: New Hampshire 2024 presidential primary voters
Rules and standards on this topic
Tracker →- 2026-10-15US Judiciary Panel Forms Subcommittee on AI Deepfake Evidence After OpenAI, Meta TestimonyUS Federal · Federal Rules of Evidence, proposed Rule 707 and Rule 901(c)
- 2026-07-27Digital Omnibus enters into force, setting Dec 2, 2026 AI-labelling deadlineEU · EU AI Act, Digital Omnibus amendment (Regulation (EU) 2026/1744)
- 2025-05-19TAKE IT DOWN Act signed into US law, targeting deepfake intimate imagesUS Federal · TAKE IT DOWN Act (Public Law 119-12)
- 2023-01-10China's Deep Synthesis Provisions take effect, regulating deepfake servicesChina · Administrative Provisions on Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services
Questions about this topic
- How many deepfake fraud incidents has cisonews.ai logged?
- 6, with event dates from January 21, 2024 to October 27, 2026. The most recent is "City of London Police reports £24.3m lost to AI deepfake investment fraud".
- Which MITRE ATLAS techniques appear in these incidents?
- By this site's own tagging, the most frequent are Phishing: Deepfake-Assisted Phishing (AML.T0052.001, 3 incidents); Generate Deepfakes (AML.T0088, 2 incidents).