Case wuhan-ai-faceswap-mcn-hijackDeepfake fraudChina
Wuhan cyber police crack AI face-swap gang that hijacked an MCN agency's official account
A gang used AI face-swap videos to pass platform identity checks, changed a Wuhan MCN firm's legal representative, hijacked its official account and posted scam lures; police arrested four.
MediumAttack using AIStatus: ResolvedVerified case file
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- Reported
- Sep 9, 2025
- Location
- China
- Target
- Wuhan MCN agency's official account and company registration
- Severity
- Medium
- Triggered by
- Four suspects led by 'A Cheng' of Weifang, Shandong
- Actor type
- Criminal
- Reported loss
- None reported
- CVE
- None
What happened
A gang used AI face-swap videos to pass platform identity checks, changed a Wuhan MCN firm's legal representative, hijacked its official account and posted scam lures; police arrested four.
Impact: Corporate account and legal-person data altered; scam content pushed to followers; over 400,000 yuan in illicit proceeds recovered.
Who triggered it
Actor: Four suspects led by 'A Cheng' of Weifang, Shandong
Attribution: Wuhan police traced the operation to A Cheng, who performed face-swap verifications for three upstream brokers selling 'face pass' services.
Motive: Paid bypass of real-name verification for account takeovers and scam promotion.
How it happened
Attack vector: Synthetic face videos defeating liveness checks on a platform, then alteration of company legal-person data and password reset.
Root cause: Platform identity verification relied on facial liveness that mature face-swap tooling could defeat.
Timeline
- MCN staff find account hijacked and legal representative altered
- Officers arrest A Cheng in Weifang and seize face-swap materials
- Wuhan police announce Hubei's first AI face-swap intrusion case solved
- Ministry of Public Security cyber bureau publicises the case
Response
Four arrested for illegal intrusion into computer information systems; case featured in national Jingwang 2025 campaign.
Current status: Resolved
Sources (open in a new tab)
- Guangming Daily (光明网) m.gmw.cn
- The Paper (澎湃新闻) m.thepaper.cn
- Xinhua (新华网) news.cn
Cite this case
Wuhan cyber police crack AI face-swap gang that hijacked an MCN agency's official account. AI Threat Watch, case wuhan-ai-faceswap-mcn-hijack, Sep 9, 2025. https://aithreat.io/cases/wuhan-ai-faceswap-mcn-hijack/
Permanent link: https://aithreat.io/cases/wuhan-ai-faceswap-mcn-hijack/