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Trend Micro Predicts Emergence of Deepfake-Powered Malicious Digital Twins

Trend Micro Predicts Emergence of Deepfake-Powered Malicious Digital Twins

2024-12-17  Ian Fleming

Trend's 2025 predictions report warns of the potential for malicious "digital twins," where breached/leaked personal information (PII) is used to train an LLM to mimic the knowledge, personality, and writing style of a victim/employee. When deployed in combination with deepfake video/audio and compromised biometric data, they could be used to convince identity fraud or to "honeytrap" a friend, colleague, or family member.


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