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Singaporean man's face ends up in deepfake porn after he refuses to pay hacker $5,800

April 30, 2022
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What happened

A Singaporean man found himself in the middle of a deepfake porn scandal after a hacker messaged his friends and ex-colleagues and shared a video of a person with his face performing sexual acts. The incident started on April 21 when the 20-year-old man, identified as Owen, was woken up by an overseas phone call from an unknown number, according to his police report that his acquaintance, Ednes Lee,shared on Facebook on April 22.

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Singaporean man's face ends up in deepfake porn after he refuses to pay hacker $5,800
2022-04-30