U.S. prosecutors charged an AI voice/video impersonation scheme that allegedly stole more than $129M from global firms, including hospitals and financial entities. View Article

UK reported £24.3M in losses across 1,300+ AI-enabled investment endorsement scams abusing public-figure likenesses and trusted brands. View Article

Federal advisories warned campaigns and election officials about deepfake audio/video and AI-enhanced phishing; verification steps include checking for content credentials/watermarking. Security Advisory

Likely foreign-linked manipulated videos exploited real people to malign U.S. Senate candidates immediately before voting. View Article

China-linked “Spamouflage” personas posed as U.S. voters on X to amplify divisive narratives ahead of midterms. Supporting Report

OpenAI disrupted Russian- and Iranian-linked false-front operations using AI to fabricate documents, personas, and propaganda workflows. Source

Law-enforcement impersonation scams leveraged a cloned sheriff’s voice in Florida, pressuring residents with fake arrest-warrant calls. View Article

Active phishing used fake OpenAI/SpaceX/Anthropic events to steal Microsoft/Google credentials and session tokens. View Article

Research demonstrated black-box evasion of multiple commercial speech-watermarking systems, pressuring provenance controls. Supporting Report

NIST launched authenticity challenges and news/media piloted C2PA workflows to strengthen provenance verification. View Program