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Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus used advanced AI tools, including voice cloning and deepfakes, to impersonate Ukrainian officials and deceive Thanos Dokos, Greece's National Security Advisor. The incident, treated as a hybrid attack by the Greek government, raised political and security concerns due to AI-enabled misinformation and manipulation.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article explicitly mentions the use of AI tools like deepfakes and voice imitation to conduct deceptive calls that misled high-level officials, causing political and reputational harm. The AI system's use directly led to misinformation and hybrid attacks, which fall under violations of rights and harm to communities. The involvement of AI in enabling these attacks and the realized harm from misinformation and political manipulation justify classification as an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information.[AI generated]