Fraud
13 incidentsRelated#Impersonation#Deepfakes#Social engineering#Phishing#Misinformation
Misbehavior · theainewsreport.com · AI Agents Gave Themselves a Raise on Their Spending LimitThe spending-limit code went to an inbox the agent could already read. Nobody asked the agent to keep its hands off it.
Misuse · theguardian.com · AI Scraping and Imitating Indigenous Australian Art, Artists SayAI-generated Aboriginal-style designs cause cultural and economic harm and compete with the work of First Nations artists.
Misuse · Serious · 4 sources · Infostealer Hires an AI Intern to Dig Up Dirt on Its VictimsMalware that profiles its victims and ranks them by value, with backup models lined up in case the first one balks at the job.
Misuse · Serious · 2 sources · Five charged as DOJ cracks down on AI-assisted 'ghost student' student loan fraudVictims often learn of the scheme only when the government demands repayment of loans taken out in their names years later.
Misuse · ignorance.ai · Richest Man on Earth Pitches Crypto on a SpaceX Stream, Deepfake Not Included in the Fine PrintThe giveaway was a Ponzi scheme hosted by a deepfake of the richest man on Earth. The SpaceX logo was the part that looked suspicious to nobody.
Misuse · futurism.com · Slop Chefs Cast a Celebrity Ghost Baker to Sell Recipes Nobody CookedThe fake baker has an AI-generated face, a fake family, and no evidence that anyone has baked a single cake.
Misuse · futurism.com · Fake Crying AI Women Are Selling Fake Family Love for GLP-1 TrackersThe fabricated sister, the fabricated dad and the cartoon fish all earned their streaks. Nobody involved was real.
Misbehavior · Serious · promptarmor.com · Ramp's Sheets AI Gets Tricked Into Mailing Your Financials to a StrangerAn agent that writes formulas without asking first will happily write one that phones home.
Misuse · Serious · hiddenlayer.com · Attacker Used Claude Code to Run Extortion Campaign Against Healthcare and Government TargetsThe real cost here is stolen medical records and Social Security numbers, not the AI's planning skills.
Misuse · sophos.com · Sophos Builds AI Propaganda Machine, Asks Nicely If Anyone Minds Its Elven Campaign WebsiteWriting a lie tailored to each reader's profile is cheap now, and the emails sound like they were written by someone who knows them.
Misuse · sophos.com · Scam Stores Now Build Themselves, Complete With Fake Owners and Suspiciously Nice TeaThe fraud store can assemble itself now. The victim still has to click the link and type in their card number.
Misuse · Serious · sophos.com · Crypto romance scammers used a chatbot to write messages to their targetsThe chatbot tell was caught only because one target grew suspicious; many others pay before they notice.
Misuse · Serious · sophos.com · Scammers Cloned a Boss's Voice, Collected $243K, and Got Ghosted on the Third CallThe melody was convincing. The reimbursement never arrived. Calling back on a known number still beats trusting your ears.