PHILADELPHIA, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Slotozilla has conducted a new study, How Do Deepfakes Work, investigating the growing threat of deepfake scams. The research provides a detailed analysis of how this technology is rapidly evolving and being increasingly used in cybersecurity, media, politics, and social networks. The report highlights the global scale of the issue and reveals a sharp rise in deepfake-related scams across multiple countries.
What the Research Says
Deepfake technology is revolutionizing the way people receive information and interact with digital content. With the evolution of artificial intelligence, hyper-realistic AI-created video and audio have come a very long way, and it is increasingly difficult to tell the difference between false and authentic content. Initially designed for entertainment and artistic use, deepfakes have now ventured into more perilous territories, including cyber fraud, identity crime, and political disinformation.
Cyber attackers are exploiting deepfake technology to trick individuals and institutions through manipulated videos of executives, government officials, or even family members to gain access to sensitive information or money. Deepfakes in politics are spread to create fake news, manipulate citizens, and destroy faith in media and official sources. These pose threats to identify and counter deepfakes as threats.
Deepfake abuse technology is fast spreading across the world, and certain countries are hubs for the type of cybercrime. The trend is sustained by sophisticated AI-powered scams, and that is resulting in numerous cases shooting up, especially where the internet is widely used and proper regulatory controls are lacking. It is important to identify such areas in creating effective means of fighting and curbing the threat.
The research identifies a number of countries experiencing the greatest rise in deepfake scams. These are top countries in AI innovation but are also experiencing rising problems since cybercriminals are exploiting the same technology to perpetrate scams.
The top countries with the greatest increase in deepfake cases are:
- United States (3000 cases)
- Philippines (4500 cases)
- Vietnam (3050 cases)
- Japan (2800 cases)
- Belgium (2980 cases)
- Romania (1766 cases)
- Slovakia (1500 cases)
- Mexico (700 cases)
- Canada (477 cases)
- Brazil (828 cases)
- Argentina (766 cases)
- South Africa (1200 cases)
- Algeria (1000 cases)
- U.A.E. (1000 cases)
These nations not only experience the rapid growth of cyber scams but are also experiencing severe ethical and legal issues regarding AI technology.
Deep penetration of the internet, common usage of social media, and relatively liberal regulatory climates have all been factors driving deepfake fraud growth in these nations. Deepfake scammers in these nations use sophisticated technology to victimize unsuspecting customers.
Consequences
Deepfake scams threaten more than technical issues and have far-reaching impacts on society at numerous levels. Besides economic loss, deepfakes can ruin reputations, sway elections, and erode national security. As the scammers advance their techniques, international cooperation is required to create and deploy countermeasures before the technology spirals out of control.
This rising cyber threat calls for an immediate response from governments, technology companies, and cyber security professionals to devise effective solutions to stop deepfakes and identify them.
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SOURCE Slotozilla
