AI supercharges old scam schemes with clones and fake sites

The UK's Trading Standards service says AI is "supercharging" old scam schemes through clones and fake websites. These are old schemes that AI makes more convincing.

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October 19, 2026

AI supercharges old scam schemes with clones and fake sites

The UK's Trading Standards service says AI is "supercharging" old scam schemes through clones and fake websites. These are old schemes that AI makes more convincing.

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bbc.co.uk · bbc.co.uk ↗

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01CVE-2026-111497 in Brotli: compressed data from a stranger can run code, no account neededOctober 24
02Personal Intelligence: Google adds an exception for Gmail, Drive and Google Photos if you grant access yourselfOctober 24
03OpenAI cut the live internet out of training its most powerful models: a rule for all runsOctober 24
04CVE-2026-109618 in PHP: a bug found with AI opens remote code executionOctober 24

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