{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-31T07:34:04.212Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"attempted-fraud","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-danish-industry-confederation-says-ai-cloned-voice-of-its-chief-executive-was-used-in-call-to-its-south-korea-office-to-seek-payment","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"En medarbejder på DI’s kontor i Sydkorea blev forleden ringet op af en, der lød som DI’s administrerende direktør","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Stemmen talte dansk og bad om at få sat en betaling i gang i forbindelse med en angiveligt fortrolig sag.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Stemmen talte dansk og bad om at få sat en betaling i gang i forbindelse med en angiveligt fortrolig sag, oplyser Dansk Industri.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"An employee at DI's office in South Korea received a phone call from a voice that sounded like DI's chief executive, speaking Danish and asking for a payment to be started in a supposedly confidential matter.","causal_attribution":"DI's own account of the call, relayed by Ritzau."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Det var ikke direktøren. Stemmen var skabt med kunstig intelligens.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Ukendte svindlere har kopieret hans stemme via kunstig intelligens","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Ukendte svindlere har ved brug af kunstig intelligens kopieret DI-direktør Lars Sandahl Sørensens stemme.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"DI states that the caller was not the chief executive and that the voice was created with artificial intelligence.","causal_attribution":"The AI attribution comes from DI, the targeted organisation; outlets repeat it. DI does not state how it established that the voice was AI-generated."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"I sidste uge fik en af medarbejderne på DI's kontor et opkald fra en person med en fuldstændig identisk stemme.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"forsøgte at få medarbejderen til at overføre omkring en halv million dollar, svarende til 3,3 millioner kroner.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Svindlere fortalte, at henvendelsen drejede sig om et et fortroligt virksomhedsopkøb i udlandet, fortæller Jeppe Engell.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"DR reports that the call took place the previous week and sought the transfer of about half a million dollars (3.3 million kroner); DI's cybersecurity adviser told DR the callers said it concerned a confidential acquisition abroad.","causal_attribution":"DR's reporting and its interview with DI's adviser; a single reporting chain."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Herefter fortsatte samtalen på WhatsApp, hvor svindleren skrev fra en profil med Lars Sandahls navn og billede.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Det er i en tone, som både skriftligt og mundtligt instruerer med trusler, hvad man skal gøre","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to DR, after claiming a bad line the caller moved the conversation to WhatsApp, writing from a profile with the chief executive's name and photo; the chief executive told DR the instructions were given in a threatening tone.","causal_attribution":"DR's account from DI's adviser and the chief executive."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Forsøget blev opdaget, før der blev overført penge, og DI har anmeldt sagen til politiet.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Snydet blev opdaget, inden der blev overført penge, oplyser Dansk Industri torsdag aften. Sagen er meldt til politiet.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Svindelforsøget blev afværget, blandt andet ved hjælp af interne kontrolmekanismer.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The attempt was detected before any money was transferred, partly through internal controls, and DI reported the case to the police.","causal_attribution":"DI's own statement, repeated by outlets."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Lars Sandahl har hørt lydfilen med sin egen falske stemme og siger, at den er så overbevisende, at den ville kunne have snydt hans mor.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Han fortæller, at han har hørt stemmen, og at den var meget overbevisende.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The chief executive heard the recording of the imitated voice and said it was convincing enough to have fooled his mother.","causal_attribution":"The chief executive's statements to DR and to Ritzau."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"at det løber mig koldt ned ad ryggen, at nogen på den måde har brugt min person og min stemme i et avanceret kriminelt forsøg mod mine egne kolleger.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Lars Sandahl Sørensen fortæller til TV 2, at det er \"ubehageligt og skræmmende,\" det kan ske.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"Selvom det er ubehageligt og en skræmmende oplevelse for os, der har været involveret i det","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The chief executive described the experience as unpleasant and frightening and wrote that it sent a chill down his spine that someone had used his person and voice in a criminal attempt against his colleagues.","causal_attribution":"The depicted person's own account of the consequence for him."},{"id":"c8","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Heldigvis reagerede den pågældende medarbejder kritisk på henvendelsen, selvom samtalen føltes ægte, skriver han.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"The employee reacted critically to the call even though the conversation felt real.","causal_attribution":"The chief executive's account of the employee's response; the employee has not spoken publicly."}],"effects":[{"label":"the chief executive whose voice was imitated with AI describes the attempted fraud against his colleagues as unpleasant and frightening","claim_id":"c7","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.danskindustri.dk/di-business/arkiv/nyheder/2026/10/di-medarbejder-forsogt-svindlet-med-sandahl-stemme/","kind":"organisation_statement","access":"read","language":"da","translation_note":"Read in Danish on 2026-10-31; translation by the research agent, an AI. DI news item of 29 October 2026 quoting the chief executive's LinkedIn post and DI Digital's cybersecurity adviser.","independence_group":"di-statement"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/svindelforsoeg-var-saa-overbevisende-det-kunne-have-snydt-di-direktoers-mor","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"da","translation_note":"Read in Danish on 2026-10-31; translation by the research agent, an AI. DR article of 30 October 2026 based on DR P1 Morgen interviews with the chief executive and DI's cybersecurity adviser.","independence_group":"dr-p1-di"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2026-10-29-dansk-industris-direktoer-udsat-for-identitetstyveri","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"da","translation_note":"Read in Danish on 2026-10-31; translation by the research agent, an AI. TV 2 article of 29 October 2026 with the chief executive's own comments to TV 2 and DI's statement.","independence_group":"tv2-di"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.berlingske.dk/business/medarbejder-forsoegt-svindlet-med-di-direktoers-stemme","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"da","translation_note":"Read in Danish on 2026-10-31; translation by the research agent, an AI. Berlingske Business article of 29 October 2026 carrying Ritzau's report and interview.","independence_group":"ritzau-di"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/di-direktoers-stemme-brugt-til-svindelforsoeg-mod-medarbejder","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"da","translation_note":"Read in Danish on 2026-10-31; translation by the research agent, an AI. DR article of 29 October 2026 carrying Ritzau's report; same reporting chain as s4.","independence_group":"ritzau-di"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["work"],"unknowns":["How DI determined that the voice was generated with AI, and which tool was used.","The exact date of the call within the week before 30 October 2026.","Whether the police have opened an investigation or identified the callers.","Whether the employee who received the call suffered any consequence beyond being targeted."],"geography":{"basis":"The call was received by an employee at DI's office in South Korea. Where the callers were is unknown. The countries of residence of the chief executive and the employee are not stated in the sources read, so affected-person countries are left empty; DI's nationality as an organisation is not recorded as an event location.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["KR"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete impersonation of a named public figure with an AI-generated voice: the targeted organisation itself states that the voice in a call seeking a payment from its employee was created with AI, the chief executive heard the recording and describes the experience as unpleasant and frightening, and the attempt was reported to the police. No money was lost; the technical basis for the AI attribution is undisclosed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-31"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"DI, the targeted organisation, states that the voice on the call was created with artificial intelligence and was not its chief executive; the chief executive heard the recording of the call, and DI's cybersecurity adviser described the case to DR as an AI-copied voice of the chief executive. The imitated voice spoke Danish, asked an employee in South Korea to start a payment and, with a WhatsApp profile in the chief executive's name, pressed for about 3.3 million kroner; the chief executive describes having his voice used this way as unpleasant and frightening. DI has not disclosed the technical basis on which it determined that the voice was AI-generated, and no police finding is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Danish Industry says an AI-cloned voice of its chief executive called its South Korea office seeking a payment; the attempt was stopped","summary":"The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) said on 29 October 2026 that an employee at its office in South Korea had recently been phoned by a voice that sounded like DI's chief executive. According to DI, the voice spoke Danish and asked the employee to start a payment in connection with a supposedly confidential matter; DI states that it was not the chief executive and that the voice was created with artificial intelligence. DR reports that the call took place the previous week and sought the transfer of about half a million dollars (3.3 million kroner); DI's cybersecurity adviser told DR the callers said it concerned a confidential acquisition abroad. According to DR, after claiming a bad line the caller moved to WhatsApp, writing from a profile with the chief executive's name and photo. DI says the attempt was detected before any money was transferred, partly through internal controls, and that it reported the case to the police. The chief executive, who heard the recording, told DR it was convincing enough to have fooled his mother and called the experience unpleasant and frightening; on LinkedIn he wrote that it sent a chill down his spine that someone had used his person and voice against his colleagues. How DI established that the voice was AI-generated is not stated.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-29","aiSystem":"AI-generated imitation of the DI chief executive's voice used in a phone call; the tool is not identified","aiProduct":"Unidentified voice-cloning tool","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"DI's chief executive says having his voice imitated with AI in an attempt to get a colleague to transfer money was unpleasant and frightening; the employee was pressed to start a payment of about 3.3 million kroner, but no money was transferred.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"partial","affectedCountEvidence":"The chief executive whose voice was imitated describes the experience as unpleasant and frightening (counted as one person harmed through the artifact). He also refers to a frightening experience for those involved, without saying who or how many; the employee who received the call is not counted because no consequence for that person beyond being targeted is reported.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.danskindustri.dk/di-business/arkiv/nyheder/2026/10/di-medarbejder-forsogt-svindlet-med-sandahl-stemme/","primarySourceLabel":"Dansk Industri, DI-medarbejder forsøgt svindlet med Sandahls stemme, 29 October 2026","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-31T03:08:38.23346+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-31T03:08:38.23346+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["voice-cloning","executive-impersonation","attempted-fraud","whatsapp"]}]}