Gemini AI & Meta AI | Used by Cybercriminals to update Aadhaar linked Mobile number bypassing biometric authentication

In a significant breakthrough against rising AI-enabled cyber fraud, the Ahmedabad City Cyber Crime Branch has dismantled the core of an inter-state gang that allegedly used advanced artificial intelligence to commit large-scale identity theft and banking fraud. The gang exploited victims’ personal data to generate deepfake videos, bypassing Aadhaar’s biometric security systems and enabling unauthorized loans and account manipulations across multiple states, including Gujarat, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh.

According to police officials, the gang operated with a clear division of labour. Members sourced Aadhaar numbers, photographs (often pulled from public social media profiles on WhatsApp and Instagram), and other personal details. They then used freely available AI tools — primarily Google’s Gemini AI and Meta AI — to create realistic “eye-blink” deepfake videos from static victim images. These videos were fed into Aadhaar’s facial recognition and biometric verification systems to authenticate changes, including mobile number updates via unauthorised Aadhaar Update Kits (UCL) at Common Service Centres (CSC).