AI Incident Database - Incident 1078
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
Records using this source
- deepfake-technology-developers
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
deepfake-technology-developers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- unknown-sextortionists
entity | 19 Oct 2025 | 70%
unknown-sextortionists - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- elijah-heacock
entity | 13 June 2025 | 70%
elijah-heacock - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- family-of-elijah-heacock
entity | 13 June 2025 | 70%
family-of-elijah-heacock - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- minors-targeted-by-online-sextortion-schemes
entity | 13 June 2025 | 70%
minors-targeted-by-online-sextortion-schemes - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Purported AI-Generated Images Reportedly Used in Sextortion Scheme Targeting Glasgow, Kentucky Teen Who Later Died by Suicide
event | 13 June 2025 | 82%
16-year-old Elijah Heacock of Glasgow, Kentucky, reportedly died by suicide on February 28, 2025, after receiving threatening messages containing purportedly AI-generated explicit images depicting him. The images were reportedly used in a sextortion attempt demanding money. The FBI has been investigating the case as part of an alleged pattern of online financial sextortion schemes targeting minors.