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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Public Service Announcement: Malicious Actors Manipulating Photos and Videos to Create Explicit Content and Sextortion Schemes: https://lnkd.in/g5sXV5Cn #DeepFakes #Crimes #Sextortion #Photos #Videos #SocialMedia
The FBI is warning the public of #malicious #actors creating #synthetic #content (commonly referred to as “#deepfakes” ) by manipulating benign photographs or videos to target victims. #Technology #advancements are continuously improving the quality, customizability, and accessibility of #artificialintelligence (#AI)-enabled #content #creation. The FBI continues to receive reports from #victims, including #minor #children and non-consenting #adults, whose #photos or #videos were #altered into #explicit #content. The photos or videos are then publicly circulated on #socialmedia or #pornographic #websites, for the purpose of harassing #victims or #sextortion schemes.
Explicit Content Creation
Malicious actors use #content #manipulation #technologies and #services to exploit photos and videos—typically captured from an individual’s social media account, open internet, or requested from the victim—into sexually-themed images that appear true-to-life in likeness to a victim, then circulate them on social media, public forums, or pornographic websites. Many victims, which have included minors, are unaware their images were copied, manipulated, and circulated until it was brought to their attention by someone else.
Sextortion and Harassment
#Sextortion which may violate several #federal #criminal #statutes, involves coercing victims into providing sexually explicit photos or videos of themselves, then threatening to share them publicly or with the victim’s family and friends. The key motivators for this are a desire for more #illicit #content, #financial #gain, or to bully and harass others. Malicious actors have used manipulated photos or videos with the purpose of extorting victims for ransom or to gain compliance for other demands…
The #FBI urges the public to exercise #caution when posting or direct messaging personal #photos, videos, and identifying information on social media, dating apps, and other online sites. Although seemingly innocuous when posted or shared, the #images and #videos can provide #malicious #actors an abundant supply of content to #exploit for #criminal activity. Advancements in content creation technology and accessible personal images online present new opportunities for malicious actors to find and target victims. This leaves them vulnerable to embarrassment, harassment, extortion, financial loss, or continued long-term re-victimization.
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