Former Kenyan PM’s X Account Hijacked to Promote Scam Token
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Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga appears to have been hacked on X after his account posted an announcement for a suspicious “Kenya Token” project.
The post — since deleted — included a video that analysts say was almost certainly an AI-generated deepfake mimicking Odinga’s voice. The incident has sparked concern about the rise of political deepfakes used to pump fraudulent crypto schemes. -
The hacked Odinga account shows how dangerous deepfakes are becoming in crypto scams.
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Using AI to mimic political figures for token pumps is a worrying new level of fraud.