Misuse and incidents

Europol finds AI is accelerating online fraud across Europe

Europol's 2026 threat assessment found automation and generative AI increasingly expand fraud scale, tailor social engineering, and help conceal online fraud schemes.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM42confidence 84/100

Why it moved the index

Authoritative cross-border evidence shows AI increasing real fraud scale and tailoring. The magnitude is limited because the assessment does not quantify the share of losses directly attributable to AI.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 42 · confidence 84

    New authoritative real-world misuse synthesis covering European cybercrime and fraud.

    11 Aug 2026
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  1. DoomBench assesses “Europol finds AI is accelerating online fraud across Europe” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 42 and confidence 84 out of 100 in the misuse and incidents category.

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