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The system involved was a deepfake video, and the source does not name its model or developer. Nearly 100,000 people watched the fake stream, which was hosted by a random channel and drew more viewers than the real keynote when the speaker began. The stream ended with a QR code inviting viewers to a crypto distribution scheme. YouTube eventually removed the stream after it had reached a large audience. At the time of writing, the source reports no evidence that anyone lost money to the scheme.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"moderate","severity_because":"Moderate test: a bounded scope is stated (nearly 100,000 viewers were shown the fake stream), but no loss was stated.","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/a-fake-jensen-huang-nvidia-keynote-pushing-a-crypto-scam-somehow-netted-thousands-of-viewers-and-i-cant-believe-anyone-fell-for-anything-this-obvious","publisher":"TechRadar","date":"2025-11-02","type":"press","title":"Fake Nvidia keynote deepfake fooled 100,000 viewers on YouTube - TechRadar","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report","independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.detection_method":"C","event.incident_class":"D","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","context.country":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.detection_method":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"First spotted by technology journalist Dylan Martin, the real Nvidia GTC DC keynote had just begun when the fake broadcast rose to the top of YouTube’s search results."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"By the time Huang began speaking at the legitimate event, only about 12,000 people were watching, compared to nearly 95,000 following the fabricated stream."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Nearly 100,000 people watched a fabricated livestream believing it was real"}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Nearly 100,000 people watched a fabricated livestream believing it was real"}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"The fraudulent live stream promoted a supposed “crypto mass adoption event,” and it was hosted by a random channel named Offxbeatz."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"However, it appeared under the title “Nvidia Live,” making it look official to unsuspecting users."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Nearly 100,000 people watched a fabricated livestream believing it was real"},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The entire setup ended with a QR code inviting viewers to participate in a crypto distribution scheme, a textbook example of an online financial scam."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"YouTube eventually removed the stream, but its brief success shows how algorithmic promotion can elevate fraudulent content above verified sources."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"At the time of writing, there is no evidence that anyone lost money to the scheme."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"Single press source (TechRadar); no primary or platform report. Not stated: the date the fake stream ran (only the article date 2025-11-02 is known, so no event dates are given), the AI model, tool or developer, the deployment context, the country, and how the deepfake was made. The source does not say an autonomous AI agent was involved, so agent_involved, failure_class and related agent fields are omitted. Incident class 'other' is my judgement: deepfake impersonation for a crypto scam fits no closed category exactly. The detection_method 'third_party' is my judgement, based on a journalist spotting the stream. Severity 'moderate' is my judgement under the bounded-scope test; the source gives no loss figure. Harm class 'none_materialised' reflects the source's statement that no loss was evidenced. The source says platforms must verify live streams before they go public, but no such control is shown as held, failed or missing in this incident, so none is recorded. No remediation by an implicated party is stated, beyond YouTube's removal of the stream. Trigger, root cause and adversarial actor are not stated and are left out. Duration and time to contain are not stated. 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