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Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

2025/6/3
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一位致力于财务教育和媒体的专家，通过多种平台帮助人们提高财务素养。
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Nicole Lappin: 我对深度伪造技术驱动的性勒索诈骗感到震惊和愤怒，并希望了解这种新型犯罪以及如何保护自己和家人。我关注的是这种犯罪对个人、民主和人工智能未来发展的影响。 Laurie Segall: 我调查了互联网上一个名为“Mr. Deepfakes”的深度伪造色情网站，该网站利用人工智能技术生成虚假的不雅视频，对许多女性公众人物造成严重伤害。这个网站不仅是一个色情网站，还是一个平台，人们可以在上面创建或付费创建性爱深度伪造视频，并提供培训手册，教唆年轻男性如何制作深度伪造视频，将其用于学校或工作场所，对女性进行性虐待。我追踪并找到了该网站的创建者，他是一名医院药剂师，过着双重生活。我们与他当面对质，但他拒绝回应。虽然该网站已被关闭，但这只是冰山一角，人工智能驱动的性勒索和深度伪造诈骗将持续存在，我们需要采取措施来保护自己。 Laurie Segall: 我分享了我个人遭遇性勒索的经历，以及我如何追踪并找到“Mr. Deepfakes”网站创建者的故事。这个网站利用人工智能生成虚假的不雅视频，对许多女性造成伤害。我强调了这种犯罪的严重性，以及人工智能技术如何被滥用于制造和传播虚假信息。我呼吁科技公司和立法者采取措施，打击这种犯罪行为，并教育公众如何保护自己。 Nicole Lappin: 我与Laurie Segall讨论了人工智能驱动的性勒索和深度伪造诈骗的日益严重的威胁，以及如何保护自己免受这些骗局的侵害。我们讨论了“人类密码”和安全词的重要性，以及如何与家人和朋友沟通，以应对这些威胁。我们还讨论了科技公司在打击这种犯罪行为中的作用，以及如何教育公众了解这种威胁。

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In the U.S., the cost of cybercrime in 2025 is estimated to hit $639.2 billion— up from $452.3 billion in 2024—an alarming surge fueled in large part by advancements in AI. Today, Nicole sits down with tech journalist Laurie Segall to uncover one of the darkest AI-driven scams: a disturbing scheme where scammers generate fake nude images to extort their victims. In this conversation, Laurie breaks down the most common deepfake crimes and scams, how to spot them, and how to protect yourself. She also shares the jaw-dropping story of her investigation into a shadowy figure known as “Mr. Deepfakes,” a man she describes as one of the most dangerous people on the internet, and what happened when she tracked him down and confronted him face-to-face.

Nicole and Laurie zoom out to ask even bigger questions: What does this mean for women, for democracy, and for the future of AI? Spoiler alert: we are still very much in the Wild West.

Follow Laurie’s work, and her investigation into Mr. Deepfakes here).