DeepfakeHigh
Purported Deepfake Allegedly Misattributes Claims to Former Student in Attack on Vice-Presidential Candidate Tim Walz
- Occurred
- Oct 16, 2024
- Published
- Oct 25, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A purported viral deepfake accused Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz of misconduct by using the stolen identity of former student Matthew Metro. Circulated on X and other platforms, the video reportedly reached millions before being flagged for manipulation. U.S. intelligence later revealed it and three other similar events were part of the Russian disinformation campaign Storm-1516, whose aim is to disrupt the 2024 elections.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Anonymous X user
Harmed parties
- Tim Walz
- Matthew Metro
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Synthetic media used in disinformation campaign targeting election with viral reach and intelligence confirmation.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8