North Korean operatives use generative AI tools, stolen identities, fabricated employment histories, and deepfake interview videos to secure remote employment at legitimate companies

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SEC examiners will evaluate how firms deploy advanced AI systems for investment advice, automated trading algorithms, cybersecurity defenses, and protection against deepfake audio and video cyberattacks.

In July 2025, an international coalition of 11 government agencies warned that Democratic People's Republic of Korea cyber operatives were deploying real-time deepfake videos during live remote job interviews

Deloitte research forecasts that generative AI-enabled fraud losses in the U.S. could reach $40 billion by 2027, up from $12.3 billion in 2023

In early 2024, an employee at engineering firm Arup transferred $25.6 million after joining a video call where every other participant was an AI deepfake

The livestream that hijacked Input Output Group's YouTube channel on September 18, 2026, featured a suspected AI-manipulated video of Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson promoting a cryptocurrency giveaway

No technical forensic report has independently verified how the Charles Hoskinson footage shown in the September 18, 2026, livestream on Input Output Group's YouTube channel was produced

The Cardano Foundation has documented YouTube giveaway scams involving hijacked channels and fake Charles Hoskinson footage since at least 2020.

The fake AI bot tutorial videos, which accumulated over 310,000 views as of September 2026, used AI-generated presenters, fabricated testimonials, and repeated profit claims to appear legitimate.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a July 2026 warning regarding fraudulent recovery agents using artificial intelligence-generated videos to target previous cryptocurrency scam victims

Security measures for remote verification now include "liveliness checks," where AI is used to detect AI-generated deepfakes

Solana Foundation Chief Information Security Officer Michael Coates warned that artificial intelligence and deepfakes are escalating social engineering attacks beyond smart contract bugs as top crypto security threats

Artificial intelligence and deepfake technologies enable highly sophisticated social engineering schemes, including romance scams, pig-butchering scams, and spoofed phone calls mimicking familiar voices