“Single’s Inferno” star Dex fell victim to deepfake technology used by an illegal gambling game to fake his involvement. [Image: Shutterstock.com]

“Single’s Inferno” star Dex fell victim to deepfake technology used by an illegal gambling game to fake his involvement. The Korean actor’s agency vowed to take action against the responsible party.

Korean media outlet OSEN broke the story, saying that the advertisement quickly spread through online and social media communities. Dex’s agency took the matter quite seriously, as gambling is illegal in South Korea.

Dex’s agency Kick The Hurdle Studio released an official statement, saying: “Recently, an advertisement containing our artist Dex was spread indiscriminately across social media and online communities including YouTube, etc. The advertisement was for an illegal gambling game and made using Deepfake AI technology.”

take special note so that victims will not arise from such illegal advertisements”

“We hope that you will immediately report such fake advertisement videos if you see them, and take special note so that victims will not arise from such illegal advertisements”, the actor’s agency added.

Kick The Hurdle Studio insisted it will take strong action moving forward to protect other artists from similar occurrences.