Description: Beginning sometime in October 2024, students ranging in age from 12 to 20 in schools in Malta were targeted in deepfake nude incidents. The attackers have been superimposing the faces of some of the students over the bodies of naked girls or using "nudify" apps to "undress" the photos, which have reportedly been sent to the victims over WhatsApp in order to humiliate them or in some cases blackmail them.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown deepfake technology developer developed an AI system deployed by Unknown deepfake creators and Unknown deepfake creators in Malta, which harmed Students in Malta , Minors in Malta and General public of Malta.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Unknown deepfake app and Unknown nudify app
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1014
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-10-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Children as young as 12 have had their faces superimposed onto the bodies of naked girls or were 'undressed' by people using deepfake-generating apps.
The apps use AI-powered image generation to analyse a person's photo and then create a re…
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