The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) warned about the rising threat from deepfakes and cyberattacks, particularly ahead of mid-term elections and amid the increasing use of artificial intelligence.
The agency said it was detecting 200 to 300 deepfakes daily as it stressed the urgency of addressing the issue to safeguard the country’s future.
“Elections are just a few weeks away, and I think that’s the thing that we have to address right now, because it will spell the big difference of how we’re going to go into the future of the country,” said CICC executive-director Alexander Ramos.
“We are facing a challenge on artificial intelligence and deepfakes creating havoc,” he said.
The CICC said to combat the proliferation of deepfakes it is working with stakeholders to establish a nationwide task force comprising representatives from government agencies, technology companies, media organizations, educational institutions and civil society.
“We are now working on some guidelines on the reporting mechanism for this. But the tools we have acquired are for distribution,” Ramos said.
The CICC said it recently procured new software to detect deepfakes in 30 seconds with a 95-percent accuracy rate.
